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FLETCHER GENEALOGY: 



AN ACCOUNT 



OF THE DESCENDANTS 



OF 



ROBERT FLETCHER, 



OF CONCORD, MASS. 



DWARD H/FLETCH 



ER, 



OF NEW YORK CITY. 






PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR, 
BY ALFRED MUDGE & SON, 34 SCHOOL STREET, BOSTON. 

187 I. 

0«3 



No. 124 West Fifty-fourth Street, 
New York, August 1, 1871. 

Dear Kinsfolk: 

I present in this volume the result of long and arduous labor. "When 
a boy, I came across a manuscript diagram, or tree, which was made by 
Elijah (696), and which interested me so much that I made additions to 
it, and, in 1848, published a genealogical chart of the family. That pub- 
lication had the effect of awakening some interest in our family history, 
and I have since that time been more or less engaged, when opportunity 
has offered, in making collections and obtaining the requisite facts and 
data, hoping to put them into other hands for publication. Tailing in this 
latter point, I have myself proceeded with the labor of getting the work 
through the press. In securing tasteful and accurate typography, much 
credit is due to the printers, Messrs.. Alfred Mudge & Son, of Boston. 
I have been conscientiously careful that the whole should be correct'and 
reliable, and to insert nothing as fact that is not well authenticated. 

Errors have undoubtedly occurred in repeatedly transcribing, and 
otherwise ; and any one who may discover any incorrectness, of any kind, 
is requested to inform me, so that a leaf of such corrections may be 
printed, which will be sent to each subscriber. And, furthermore, I shall 
always be pleased to receive additional accounts, which may at some time 
be published as supplementary to the present volume. It is possible, if 
leisure should occur, that I may hereafter have a chart or genealogical 
tree prepared and printed, having barely the names, arranged to show all 
the connections at a glance. 

My correspondents and helpers have been so numerous that I must 
thank them all together, but as heartily as though it were done singly 
and by name. 

I have faith that these records will be prized by the generations to 
come; and I also trust that their influence and tendency will be only 
for good. 

Respectfully, 

EDWARD H. FLETCHER. 



INTBODUCTION. 



A genealogy in book form cannot be so quickly understood as 
in a diagram or tree ; but a little examination will render it intelli- 
gible. In this volume every name has its number placed at the 
left, and each one which has a plus mark, thus +, on the right, 
recurs again in capital letters, with the same number it bore first, 
placed in parenthesis on the right. The plan here adopted con- 
templates the grouping of the members of the respective branches, 
each branch starting from the fourth generation. 

Part I. comprises four generations, which are all the Fletchers 
known to have been in America before the year 1700, except the 
following : — 

Moses Fletcher came in the "Mayflower," and died in a few 
months, unmarried. 

Edward Fletcher, of Boston ; cutler by trade ; admitted towns- 
man, member of church, and freeman in 1|40.' Probate overseer ; 
became a preacher, and preached at Dover, N. H. ; went back to 
England, and had a living (says Calamy, II. 330) at Dunsburn, 
from whence he was ejected, and he then came again to Boston. 
In his will, February, 1660, he mentions no children, and probably 
had none. [Savage's Gen. Diet.'] 

Joseph, Milesij a nd Ludovick Fl etcher , are found among immi- 
grants to Virginia in 1635. 

John Fletcher, of Wethersfield, m. before 1641, Mary, dau. of 
widow Joyce Ward. Removed to Milford, and joined the church 
1641, after living there two years. He died Apr. 18, 1662. His 
children were : Sarah, christened 1641 ; Hannah, chr. 1643 ; Eliza- 
beth, chr. 1645 ; Samuel, chr. 1649, died young ; Abigail, chr. 1652, 
and thus leaving no male issue. [Savage's Gen. Diet.'] 



b INTRODUCTION. 

Joseph Fletcher, of Salisbury, Ms., was probably an immigrant. 
It is recorded, May 18, 1653, " Josep Fletcher servant to William 
Hall of Salisbury is exempted from any presse this summer, being 
the chief stay of his [Hall's] family." He married June 18, 1660, 
and was then twenty-four years old, and a farmer. They had a 
daughter, Mary, born April 9, 1662, who died Jan. 23, 1683. He 
died March 15, 1700, and his wife three days previous. 

Col. Benjamin Fletcher, governor of New York, 1693 ; left no 
children in this country. 

Seth Fletcher was a minister in Wells, Me., 1656, where he mar- 
ried Mary, daughter of Major Bryan Pendleton, 1665; removed 
to Saco, Me., and was there in 1674 ; removed to Elizabeth, N. J., 
where he was settled, and where he died Aug. 1682. His estate 
was valued £559. 5s. He had only one son, Pendleton. 

Pendleton Fletcher, last named, was born 1666, and when four- 
teen years old, was adopted by his grandfather, Major Bryan Pen- 
dleton. He married Sarah, daughter of Eoger Hill, and had 
several children, whose names are unknown. He was captured by 
the Indians in 1697, and carried prisoner to Canada, where he died 
in captivity before 1702. (See p. 244.) 

Pendleton Fletcher, a grandson of the last-mentioned Pendle- 
ton, was bom 1707 ; lived in Biddeford, Me. ; died 1807, ae. 99^. 

Following Part I. are the twenty-three branches of the family, 
some of the parts embracing several branches. 

The descendants of Eobert, whose names are herein contained, 
number within twoscore of four thousand, which, divided into gene- 
rations, are as follows : 

1st generation, 1 ; 2d, 5 ; 3d, 20 ; 4th, 82 ; 5th, 169 ; 6th, 406 ; 
7th, 854 ; 8th, 1414 ; 9th, 891 ; 10th, 117 ; 11th, 1. Total, 3960. 



ABBBEVIATIONS. — EBBATA. 



ABBREVIATIONS. 

Bap., Baptist; b., born; bro., brother; cbr., christened; Coll., Col- 
lege; Cong., Congregationalist; Dart., Dartmouth; dau., daughter; d., 
died; Dea., Deacon; Epis., Episcopalian; grad., graduated; Harv., Har- 
vard; m., married; min., minister ; Pres., Presbyterian; rem., removed; 
res., residence or resides; unm., unmarried; Unit., Unitarian; Univ., 
Universalist. 

The small superior figure at the end of a name denotes the generation. 



, ERRATA. 

Page 17, 10th line from the top, for "east" read "west." 

Page 18, 7th line from the bottom, for "east" read "west." 

Page 33, bottom line, for "east" read "west." 

Page 33, omit 6th to 9th lines. It was another Jonathan, viz. (2642), 

who married Mary Bullard. 

Page 97, 14th line from bottom, for "Francis" read "Frances." 
Page 99, 6th line from bottom, after the word "son" insert "Henry 

Fletcher." 

Page 124, 17th line from the top, for "Wood" read "Hood." 

Page 125, 9th line from the top, after the word "into," supply the 

words, " the fight at South Mountain and on the 17th." 

Page 132, 25th to 28th lines from the top, for "Turrell" read "Keyes." 
Page 184, omit the words commencing " m. " to the word 

"Hardy." 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. 



PAET I. 

COMPRISING THE FIEST FOUR GENERATIONS. 

The name was originally written Fledger, and was the 
name of the trade of a maker of arrows ; or, as some think, 
of affixing the feather upon the arrow — fledging it.* The 
French word flechier has precisely the same meaning, and 
some have hence inferred a French extraction. All the 
traditions concur, however, in making our early ancestors of 
English or Welsh stock ; and Yorkshire, one of the north- 
ern counties of England, is named as the spot whence 
they emigrated to America. The name has been, and still 
is, common there. Rev. Elijah Fletcher, of Hopkinton, 
N. H. (b. 1747, d. 1786), the first, so far as we know, who 
made genealogical collections of the family, believed that 
our great ancestor, Robert Fletcher, came from Yorkshire ; 
and that account was gathered when Robert's great-grand- 
children were living. 

FIRST GENERATION. 

1. ROBERT 1 settled at Concord, Mass., in 1630; in 
which year seventeen ships arrived in Massachusetts Bay and 
at Plymouth. He had then three sons, Luke, William, and 
Samuel, and was himself thirty-eight years of age. It was 
five years later that Concord was organized, the twentieth 
town incorporated within what are now the limits of Mas- 
sachusetts, and his name appears in the earliest records of 
that town.f In the court files of Middlesex county his name 

* Brady's Dissertation on Names. London, 1822. 

t The following petition is copied from the history of Concord, by Mr. 
Shattuck, who speaks of the early settlers of this town as among the 
most wealthy, intelligent, and pious of the early colonists. They chose 
this location probably on account of the beautiful open plain land and the 

2 



10 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART I. 

frequently occurs as petitioner for bridges, as juryman, etc. 
He became a wealthy and influential man, and died at Con- 
cord, April 3, 1677, ae. 85. Issue : s 

2. i. Luke 2 +. —5. iv. Francis 2 +. * 

3. ii. William 9 +. 6. v. Cary 2 +. 

4. iii. Samuel 2 +. 

SECOND GENERATION. 

LUKE 2 (2), b. in England; d. May 21, 1665, at Con- 
cord. Probably unm. 

broad meadows of the Concord river, or Musketaquid (grass-grown) of 
the Indians. They were, however, disappointed by the "povertie and 
meannesse" of the soil and the "badness and wetnes " of the meadows ; 
and ten years after the organization of the town, and fifteen after the 
arrival of Robert * io this country, the discouraging state of affairs in 
the settlement is thus set forth by its leading citizens : 

" To the Wordl Governor, Deputy Governor, with the rest of the Assistants and Deputies 
of the Court now assembled. The humble petition of the Inhabitants of Concord 
sheweth .- 

That, whereas, we have lived most of us in Concord since our cominsr over into these 
parts, and are not conscious unto ourselves that we have heen grossly negligent to employ 
that talent God hath put into our hands to our best understanding: Neither have we found, 
any special hand of God gone out against us, only the povertie and meannesse of the place 
we live in not answering the lahor bestowed upon it, together with the badness and wetnes 
of the meadowes, hath consumed most of the estates of those who have hitherto borne the 
burden of changes amongst us, and therewith the bodily ubilities of maney. This being soe 
eminent above what hath befallen other plantations, hath occasioned many at several times 
to depart from us, and this last winter, in the end of it, a 7th or 8th part of the Towne went 
to the southward with Mr. Jones, and many more resolved to goe after them, so that maney 
houses in the Towne stand voyde of Inhabitants, and more are likely to be ; and we are con- 
fident that if conscience had not restrained, fearing the dissolution of the Towne by their 
removeall, very many had departed to one place or other where Providence should have 
hopefully promised a livelehood. 

This our condition we thought it our duty to informe you of, fearing lest if more go from 
us we shall neither remayne as a congregation nor a towne, and then .»uch as are most un- 
willing to depart, whiles there remayne any hopes of ordinance among us, will be enforced 
to leave the place, which if it should come to pass, wee desire this may testify on the behalf. 
of such it was not a mynd unsatisfied with what was convenient, which occasioned them to 
depart, but meerely to attaine a subsistence for themselves and such as depend on'them, 
and to enjoy ordinances. It it be sayd we may goe to other places and meet with as man/ 
difficulties as here, experience herein satisfies as against many reasons. Such as hardly sub- 
sisted with us, and were none of the ablest among us, either for labour or ordering their 
occasions, have much thriven in other places they have removed unto. Our humble request 
is that you would be pleased to consider how unable we are to beare with our brethren the 
common charges, the premises considered. 

Richard Grtffin Robert Fletcher 

Joseph Wheeler Walter Edmonds 

Timothy Whekler William Hunt 

George Wheeler William Wood 

John Smedley James Blood 

Thomas Bateman Joseph Middlebrooke 

These in the name of the rest." 

This petition was presented May 14, 1645, just one month before the 
decisive battle of Naseby, between Charles I. and Oliver Cromwell. The 
petition was favorably received, and from the fact, which appears from 
the records, that the assessment of Concord in 1640 of fifty pounds for the 
"common charges," was reduced to fifteen in 1645, it is inferred that the 
court was satisfied of the truth of the representations of the petitioners. 



FLETGHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT I. 11 

WILLIAM 2 (3), b. in England, 1622; came with his 
father to Concord, Ms., when he was eight years old. He 
was admitted freeman May 10, 1643.* He m. Lydia Bates 
in Concord, Ms., Oct. 7, 1645, and in 1653, settled in 
Chelmsford, Ms. ; of which he was one of the first inhabit- 
ants, and held the office of selectman, to which office "he 
was chosen Nov. 22, 1654. This first publick meeting was 
hoi den at his house." 

On the court files of Middlesex county his name frequently 
appears. In 1665, as petitioner for a road; same year, a 
bill of costs for his servant being put in house of correction ; 
same year, bill of costs for suit against William Shaw. In 
1663, as appraiser of an estate. — In 1671, "Motion to court 
by William Fletcher, of Chelmsford. His sister Cary, on 
her death-bed, desired him and her husband to take care of 
her children. Willing to be engaged for the child Shery- 
biah Kebby." — In 1673, as commissioner for Chelmsford. 

The birth of his dau . Lyclia only is found on the Concord 
records, — the first birth of a Fletcher that is recorded in 
America. 

A letter dated Feb. 15, 1676, "from the committee of 
the militia of Chelmsford," reads : " To our honord 
governor and counsail in Boston, mercy and peace : May 
it please yor honours." [Here represents the alarming con- 
dition from Indian outrages and depredations, and requests 
help.] Signed by Sam. Adams, Samuel Fletcher (4) 2 , 
William Fletcher (3) 2 . 

His tract of land embraced what is now the city of Lowell ; 
and a part of his land, a farm near the meeting-house in 
Chelmsford, remains as it has been for more than 200 years 
in possession of the family, and is now occupied by Gardner 
Fletcher. (1221) \ 



* The freeman's path, required before entering upon the duties and 
privileges of citizenship, upon the attainment of majority, in Vermont, is 
as follows: "You solemnly swear (or affirm) that when you give your 
vote of suffrage touching any matter that concerns the State of Vermont, 
you will do it so as in your conscience you shall judge will most conduce 
to the best good of the same, as established by the constitution, without 
fear or favor of any man. So help you God." | See appendix A.] 

t Mr. Gardner Fletcher relates, that the tradition in his branch is that 
Robert had a brother William, who immigrated at the same time. The 
only trace the writer has been able to find of a William who could have 
been brother of Eobert, is from the records of Middletown, Ct. : "Rev. 
Samuel Stow, m. Hope, dau. of William Fletcher, Esq., 1649." 



12 FLETCHER GENEALOGY.— PART L 

He d. Nov. 6, 1677. His widow Lydia, d. Oct. 12, 
1704. Issue : 

7. i. Lydia, 3 b. in Concord Jan. 30, 1647; m. John 

Fiske May 27, 1666. 

8. ii. Joshua 3 +. 

9. iii. Mary, 3 b. in Chelmsford Oct. 4, 1658 ; m. 

Thomas Parker Oct. 1, 1678. 

10. iv. Paul 3 +. 

11. v. Sarah 3 . 

12. vi. William 3 +. 

13. vii. Esther, 3 b. Apr. 12, 1664; m. Isaac, son of 

Abraham Parker. He was b. Sept. 13, 1660, 
and d. Feb. 22, 1688. 

14. viii. Samuel 3 -)-. 

SAMUEL 2 (4), b. in England, and was very young 
when he came with his father to this country. He settled 
in the part of Chelmsford which is now Westford ; m. Mar- 
garet Hailston Oct. 14, 1659, d. Dec. 9, 1697. Issue : 

15. i. Samuel 3 +. 

16. ii. Hannah, 3 b. Sept. 14, 1666. 

17. iii. Lydia, 3 b. Sept. 26, 1669. 

18. iv. William 3 +. 

FRANCIS 2 (5), b. in Concord, 1636; m. Aug. 1, 1656, 
Elizabeth, dau. of George and Katharine Wheeler. He 
remained with his father in Concord, and became, like his 
two older brothers who settled in the adjoining town, a great 
land owner. He was reported " in full communion with ye 
church at Concord" in 1677, and adm. freeman the same 
year. At that time, he owned seventeen lots of land in 
C, amounting to four hundred and thirty-seven acres. A 
petition to license a man to sell wine is signed by him Dec. 
14, 1661. Wife Elizabeth d. June 14, 1704. Issue : 
Samuel 3 +. ^ 
Joseph 3 -)-. 

Elizabeth, 3 b. Aug. 24, 1663; m. Samuel Strat- 
ton, Aug. 28, 1683. 
iv. John, 3 b. Feb. 28, 1665 ; m. Hannah Hunt, Feb. 

18, 1690. 
v. Sarah, 3 b. Feb. 24, 1668. 
Hezekiah 3 +. 
Hannah, 3 b. Oct. 24, 1674. 
26. viii. Benjamin, 3 b. Dec. 1, 1677. 



19. 


i. 


20. 


ii. 


21. 


iii. 


22. 


iv. 


23. 


v. 


24. 


vi. 


25. 


vii. 



FLETCHEB GEKEALOG Y. — PAB T L 13 



THIRD GENERATION. ^L 

' JOS^^L 3 (8), b. Mar. 3flJ.648 jj^TOman Mar. 11, 
1689 ;^fctesies Je%M V ^ P 2d, Sarah Willy, 
July 18~68» Wife^rissies ell K 16, 1682. He d. 
Nov. 21, 1713. \ ^T 

In the court files of Middlese^rcounty is the record of a 
suit by Rev. Mr. Fisk against Joshua Fletcher " for breaking 
into his house and accompanying with his mayd servant." 
Also is there recorded, "Joshua Fletcher's confession of 
crime with Griswold Juel in Mr. Fiske's house." William 
Fletcher [Joshua's father] bound for Juel's and his son's 
submission to the court, 1668. Children, all b. in Chelms- 
ford : 

Joshua, 4 [see part II.] 

Paul, 4 [see part III.] 

Eachel, 4 b. in Chelmsford June 27, 1683. 

Timothy, 4 b. Oct. 1685; d. Mar. 2, 1705. 

John, 4 [see part IV.] 

Joseph, 4 [see part V.] 

Sarah, 4 b. Jan. 21, 1690. 

34. viii. Jonathan 4 [see part V.] 

35. ix. Elizabeth, 4 b. June 10, 1698 ; m. Samuel Hart- 

well, at Concord, Ms., Feb. 6, 1723. 

36. x. Jonas, 4 [see part V.] 

PAUL 3 (10), m. Deliverance Stevens, both of Chelms- 
ford, at Charlestown, Ms., Apr. 12, 1705; deacon of the 
church; d. Jan. 8, 1736 ; wife Deliverance d. Jan. 24, 1761. 
Issue : 

37. i. Mary, 4 b. Apr. 15, 1706. 

38. ii. Timothy, 4 b. Sept. 30, 1707. 

39. iii. John, 4 b. June 3, 1709. 

40. iv. Sarah, 4 b. June 15, 1711. 

41. v. Esther, 4 b. Jan. 20, 1712-'13 ; m. Samuel Ad- 

ams, of Chelmsford, Aug. 28, 1794. 

42. vi. James, 4 b. Jan. 17, 1715. 

43. vii. Bridget, 4 b. Dec. 2, 1717. 

44. viii. Lucy, 4 b. Jan. 29, 1721-'22. 

45. ix. Deborah, 4 b. June 15, 1724; m. Benoni Jewett, 

of Nottingham, Nov. 15, 1744. 

46. x. Kebecca, 4 b. Sept. 12, 1728 ; chr. Sept. 22, 1728. 

47. xi. Lydia, 4 b. Mar. 15, 1730 ; chr. Mar. 21, 1731. 



^27. 


i. 


28. 


ii. 


29. 


iii. 


30. 


iv. 


31. 


v. 


32. 


vi. 


33. 


vii. 



1 4 FLETCHEB GENUAL OGY.—PAET I. 

WILLIAM 3 (12), b. in Chelmsford Feb. 21, 1657 ; adm. 
freeman Mar. 11, 1689; m. Sarah Richardson Sept. 6, 
1677 ; received a lieutenant's commission from Gov. Dud- 
ley, at Boston, 1704; d. 1713. Children, all b. in Chelms- 
ford : 

48. i. Sarah, 4 b. May 26, 1679 ; m. [Nathaniel Butter- 

field, in Ch. Jan. 18, 1697. 

49. ii. Esther, 4 m. Stephen Pierce, Jan. 5, 1707. 

50. iii. William, 4 [see part VI.] 

51. iv. Reuben 4 . 

52. v. Josiah, 4 [see part VI.] 

53. vi. Mary 4 . 

54. vii. Lydia 4 . 

55. viii. Robert, 4 [see part VI.] 

56. ix. Bethiel 4 . 

57. x. Ezekiel, 4 b. Nov. 24, 1694; d. in Tyngsboro, 

Jan. 17, 1742. 

58. xi. Daniel, 4 [see part VI.] 

59. xii. Deborah, 4 b. Mar. 18, 1699. 

60. xiii. Phebe, 4 b. Nov. 24, 1700. 

61. xiv. Rebecca, 4 b. Jan. 29, 1702. 

SAMUEL 3 (14), b. July 23, 1664; adm. freeman Mar. 

11, 1689 ; m. Hannah ; 2d, at Concord June 7, 1699, 

Sarah Bale, of that town; 3d, at Concord Dec. 20, 1708, 
Elizabeth Proctor, of Chelmsford. Hannah d. Dec. 11, 
1697 ; Sarah d. Apr. 29, 1703. Issue :^ 

62. i. Samuel, 4 [see part VII.] 

63. ii. Sarah 4 . 

64. iii. Rosanna 4 . 

65. iv. Lydia 4 . 

66. v. Isaac, 4 [see part VII.] 

67. vi. William, 4 [see part VII.] 

68. vii. Mary 4 . 

69. viii. Elizabeth 4 . 

70. ix. Hannah 4 . 

SAMUEL 3 (15) , m. Mary Cotton, of Concord, Ms., June 
7,1692. Issue: 

71. i. Samuel, 4 b. Sept. 1, 1697. 

72. ii. Ebenezer, 4 b. May 16, 1699. 

73. iii. Eleazer, 4 [see part VIII.] 

74. iv. Thankful, 4 b. July 19, 1707. 






78. 


IV. 


79. 


v. 


80. 


vi. 


81. 


vii. 


82. 


viii. 



FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PART I. 15 

WILLIAM 3 (18), b. Jan. 1, 1671 ; d. about 1743. His 
will is recorded in Middlesex Wills, vol. 21, p. 295. Chil- 
dren all b. in Chelmsford : 

75. i. William, 4 [see part IX.] 

76. ii. Samuel, 4 [see part X.] 

77. iii. Oliver, 4 b. 1708, in Chelmsford, where he always 
resided. Grad. Harvard, 1735 ; employed many, years 
as an instructor of youth ; counsellor at law ; justice of 
the peace ; successively town clerk, assessor, and select- 
man from 1758 to 1761 ; rep. in leg. ; and d. Dec. 1, 1771, 
leaving a wife and young dau. His piety and integrity gave 
him great ascendancy over his fellow townsmen, and secured 
their esteem and confidence. 

Thomas, 4 b. Jan. 18, 1711. 
Eobert, 4 [see part X.] 
Benjamin, 4 [see part X.] 
Mary, 4 b. Jan. 1, 1718. 
Lydia, 4 b. June 1, 1724. 

SAMUEL 3 [corporal] (19), b. Aug. 6, 1657; m. Eliza- 
beth Wheeler Apr. 15, 1682; selectman of Concord, Ms., 
1705, '07, '09, '13 ; d. Oct. 23, 1744. Wife survived him 
but three days. Children all b. in C. : ^^ 

Samuel, 4 [see part XL] 

Joseph, 4 [see part XL] 

Elizabeth, 4 b. Apr. 2. 1688 

Sarah, 4 b. May 19, 1690. 

John, 4 b. [see part XL] 

Hannah, 4 b. Dec 1, 1694. 
vii. Ruth, 4 b. Mar. 2, 1696 ; d. June 20, 1700. 

Rebecca, 4 b. June 2, 1699. 

Samuel, 4 b. Apr. 27, 1701. i 

Benjamin, 4 b. Apr. 29, 1703 ; lived 19 days. 
93. xi. Timothy, 4 [see part XL] 

JOSEPH 3 (20), b. Apr. 15, 1661; m. Mary Dudley, 
June 17, 1688. Wife d. Apr. 27, 1705. Issue : 
Joseph, 4 b. June 7, 1689. 
Benjamin, 4 b. Jan. 1, 1691. 
Samuel, 4 [see part XII. ] 
Ebenezer, 4 b. Mar. 23, 1694. 
Mary, 4 b. Dec. 19, 1695. 
Francis, 4 [see part XII.] 
Jane, 4 b. Nov. 29, 1700. 



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i. 


84. 


ii. 


85. 


iii. 


86. 


iv. 


87. 


v. 


88. 


vi. 


89. 


vii. 


90. 


viii. 


91. 


ix. 


92. 


X. 




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94. 


i. 


95. 


ii. 


96. 


iii. 


97. 


iv. 


98. 


v. 


99. 


vi. 


00. 


vii. 



16 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PABT I. 

HEZEKIAH 3 (24), b. Apr. 6, 1672; m. Mary Wood, 
May 11, 1703. Issue: 

101. i. Hezekiah, 4 [see part XII.] 

102. ii. Abraham, 4 b. Jan. 20, 1706. 

103. iii. Mary, 4 b. Nov. 14, 1708. 

104. iv. William, 4 b. Dec. 15, 1710 [see part XII.] 

105. v. Jerusha, 4 b. Jan. 17, 1712. 

106. vi. Sarah, 4 b. Feb. 22, 1715. 

107. vii. Eebecca, 4 b. Nov. 13, 1717. 

108. viii. Elizabeth, 4 b. Sept. 14, 1720. 

The foregoing gives all the information we have of three 
generations ; and also of the fourth, except those known to 
have had issue, the particulars concerning whom will be 
found hereinafter, where they are placed at the heads of the 
various branches, viz : 

Joshua 4 (27), part II. Paul 4 (28), part III John 4 
(31), part IV. Joseph 4 (32), and Jonathan 4 (34), part 
V. ' Jonas 4 (36), Josiah 4 (52), Robert 4 (55), and Daniel 4 
(56), part VI Samuel 4 (62), Isaac 4 (66), and William 4 
(67), part VII Eleazer 4 (73), part VIII William 4 
(75), part IX. Samuel 4 (76), part X. Samuel 4 (83), 
Joseph* (84), John 4 (87), and Timothy 4 (93), part XI 
Samuel 4 (96), Francis 4 (99), Hezekiah 4 (101), and Wil- 
liam 4 (104), part XII 

It will be observed, that of the first four generations, all, 
of whose occupations we have any account, were farmers, 
and many of them were large landholders. This taste for 
agriculture seems to have continued very generally with their 
descendants, as the following pages will exhibit. 

All of these one hundred and more were born in the towns 
of Concord and Chelmsford, as those towns then were ; or 
in Concord, Chelmsford, Westford, Tyngsboro, Acton, and 
Carlisle, as the boundaries of the towns now are. 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PAET II. 17 



PAET n. 

COMPRISING THE DESCENDANTS OF JOSHUA* (27). 

This is one of the Westford branches. Joshua, who is at 
the head of it, lived there, and all his sons raised their 
families in that town. Of his grandchildren, nearly all 
removed ; and the branch has now no representative there. 



FOURTH GENERATION. 

JOSHUA 4 (27), m. Dorothy Hale, who came from Scot- 
land. Deacon of the church; d. Oct. 19, 1732. She d. 
Aug. 20, 1770. Their gravestones may be seen in the east 
cemetery in Westford, where they lived and reared their 
numerous family, viz : 

109. i. Joshua 5 -f. 

110. ii. Gershom 5 +. 

109. iii. Sarah, 5 b. Feb. 25, 1703 ; d. May 17, 1704. 

110. iv. Elizabeth, 5 b. Feb. 9, 1704-5 ; m. Parker. 

111. v. Hannah, 5 b., Sept. 21, 1706 ; m. Timothy 

Barnes. 

112. vi. Esther, 5 b. Oct. 29, 1708 ; d. Nov. 17, 1708. 

113. vii. Ephraim 5 +. 

114. viii. Zachariah 5 +. 

115. ix. Dorothy, 5 b. Mar. 17, 1715-6 ; m. Blodgett. 

116. x. Sarah, 5 b. Mar. 29, 1719 ; m. Joseph Jenkins. 

117. xi. Eunice, 5 b. Nov. 9, 1720. 



FIFTH GENERATION. 

JOSHUA 5 (109), b. Mayl, 1701; d. Sept. 15, 1727. 
He had but two children, both b. in Westford, and both d. 
young, viz : - 

118. i. Joshua, 6 b. July 10, 1724. J 

119. ii. Esther, 6 b. Sept. 13, 1726. 

GERSHOM 5 (110), b. July 27, 1702 ; m. Lydia Town- 
send ; d. June 28, 1779. He appears to have removed from 
AVestford, to Groton Ms., where his children, Gershom and 
Olive, were b., and then to have returned to W., where 
3 



18 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART II. 

the others were b. He removed again, in 1773, to Ply- 
mouth, N.H., and thence back to W. in Oct., 1778, where 
he d. June 28, 1779. His gravestone is to be seen in the 
east cemetery in W. Issue : 

120. i. Lydia 6 +. 

121. ii. Esther 6 +. 

122. iii. Gershom 6 +. 

123. iv. Olive, 6 b. Aug. 14, 1741. 

124. v. Sarah, 6 b. Apr. 14, 1744 ; m. Hezekiah Corey, 

of New Ipswich, N. H., July 17, 1764. 

125. vi. Mary 6 +. 

126. vii*. Lucy 6 +. 

127. viii. Martha 6 +. 

128. ix. Joshua 6 +. 

EPHRAIM 5 (113), b. Mar. 12, 1710. His wife's name 
Was Hannah. He lived in Westford, and all his children 
were born there. He enlisted in the French war, and never 
returned home. 

In the Massachusetts State Archives, vol. 74, Minutes of 
Council, lib. iv. folio 304, is a tabular list of persons in 
captivity, and among them is " Ephraim Fletcher, captured 
at Oswego, Aug. 1756." The entry or application is made 
by "Gershom Fletcher, Sept. 1758." Gershom was his 
brother. Issue : 

129. i. Joshua, 6 b. Oct. 19, 1734. 

130. ii. Peter 6 +. 

131. iii. Lois, 6 b. Jan. 18, 1741. 

132. iv. Sarah, 6 b. Jan. 23, 1742. 

133. v. Ephraim, 6 b. May 26, 1743. 

ZECHARIAH 5 (114), b. Oct. 20, 1714; m. Susannah 
Fassett at Concord, Ms., Nov. 13, 1735. Res. Westford, 
Ms., where all his children were b. He enlisted with his 
bro. Ephraim in the French and Indian war, and like him, 
never returned. A gravestone in the east cemetery of W. 
bears the inscription : " Erected by the heirs of Zechariah 
Fletcher to the memory of Mrs. Susannah his wife ; and last 
the wife of Mr. William Fletcher. She died in the 46 th year 
of her age, June 30, 1763. Issue : 

134. i. Zechariah, 6 b. Mar. 11, 1735 ; d. Jan. 4, 1738. 

135. ii. Susannah, 6 chr. Sept. 25, 1737 ; d. Jan. 13, 1738. 



FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT II. 19 

136. ill. Zechariah 6 +. 

137. iv. Susannah, 6 b. Oct. 24, 1743 ; m. Joseph Par- 

ker, July 18, 1763 ; m. 2d, Lieut. Jonathan 
Eobbins, whose first wife was her cousin 
Mary (125). 

138. v. Joshua, 6 b. Sept. 4, 1745; d. Oct. 13, 1747. 

139. vi. Abigail 6 . 

140. vii. Elizabeth 6 . 



SIXTH GENERATION. 

LYDIA 6 (120), b. Feb. 18, 1733-4; m. Timothy Pres- 
cott, Feb. 22, 1753 ; d. May 1, 1798. He was b. Dec. 1, 
1728 ; farmer and miller ; fourteen years selectman ; mem- 
ber of the Cong, church in Westford, where he d. Apr. 30, 
1808. Issue : 

1. Lydia, b. Jan. 15, 1754; m. Oct. 5, 1773, Josiah 

Conant, of Pepperell, Ms. ; and 2d, Jonathan 
Pierce, of Townsend, Ms. She d. 1812. No 
issue. 

2. Timothy, b. Sept. 22, 1755. ) A11 -, ~ -, , 

3. Esther, b. May 29, 1757. ( Ml d ' ° f f d /* e Q nter ^ 

4. Lucy, b. Apr. 14, 1759. ) ^ ept * l<0 *' 

5. Anne, b. May 7, 1761 ; m. Elnathan Eeed, of 

Westford, and settled in Stoddard, N. H. He 
was b. Oct. 12, 1758; served through the Kevo- 
lutionary war, and d. July 25, 1845. She d. 
Dec. 6, 1821. 

6. Isaiah, b. Apr. 21, 1763; m. Betsey Wright, of 

Littleton, Ms., 1786, who was b. June 21, 1766, 
and d. May 31, 1806. He res. 10 yrs. in Ashby, 
Ms., and ret. to Westford, where he was 20 yrs. 
selectman; farmer; d. Aug. 27, 1838. 

7. Sarah, b. March 31, 1765; m. Apr. 5, 1787, 

Stephen Wright, of Littleton, Ms., who was b. 
May 24, 1764, and d. Feb. 16, 1857. She d. 
Sept. 21, 1817. 

8. Elijah, b. Mar. 4, 1767 ; m. Eunice Walker, Feb. 

14, 1797. Ees. Ashby, Ms. 

9. Ruth, b. Feb. 28, 1769 ; m. Abel White, of Acton, 

Ms., Mar. 20, 1803, who was b. Sept. 26, 1766, 
and d. July 22, 1825. She d. Oct. 23, 1831. 



20 FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT II. 

10. Amos, b. Nov. 21, 1771 ; m. Polly Emerson, 1793, 

who was b. 1773, and d. Aug. 22, 1817. He d. 
Sept. 1832. 

11. Olive, b. May 30, 1774; m. Jan. 29, 1794, Caleb 

Parker, of Pepperell, Ms., who was b. 1767, d. 
1823. She d. May 30, 1837. 

ESTHER 6 (121), b. Dec. 13, 1735; m. James Tarbell ; 
had two children. Dau. m. Dr. Carver ; son Ziba res. in 
Pepperell. 

GERSHOM 6 (122), b. in Groton, Ms., Sept. 30, 1737; 
m. Sarah Robinson, Dec. 7, 1769. When very young, his 
father rem. to Westford, Ms., and there the younger Ger- 
shom lived till past middle age, when he went to Mt. Holly, 
Vt. He d. at Bridgewater, N. H., Nov. 1814, at the house 
of his brother Joshua. " He had a passion for lawsuits, and, 
as is usual in such cases, made no money out of that sort o± 
luxury, but spent a fine estate which he had received from 
his father." His children, as follows, were all b. in W., 
three of whom d. within the three days, Oct. 8-11, 1778. 

141. i. Sarah, 7 b. Aug. 28, 1770. 

142. ii. Gershom, 7 b. Nov. 22, 1771; d. Oct. 11, 1778. 

143. iii. Jacob, 7 b. Mar. 12, 1773 ; d. Oct. 8, 1778. 

144. iv. Lucy, 7 b. Mar. 6, 1775 ; d. Oct. 8, 1778. 

145. v. Stephen, 7 b. Oct. 22, 1776. 

146. vi. Dorothy, 7 b. Sept. 28, 1778. 

147. vii. Gershom, 7 b. Sept. 30, 1780. 

MARY 6 (125), b. July 2, 1746; m. Lieut. Jonathan 
Robbins, of Plymouth, N. H., Nov. 13, 1764; d. Nov. 28, 
1809 ; had two sons, Asa and John. 

LUCY 6 (126). The only record found of her is the 
Westford parish register : " Christened Sept. 15, 1751." 

MARTHA 6 (127), b. June, 1754 ; m. Joseph Reed, Nov. 
11,1771. Children: I.Bath. 2. Patty. 

JOSHUA 6 (128), b. Westford, Ms., Sept. 24, 1756; m. 
Sarah Brown, 1775 ; Cong, minister, and preached more than 
20 years. He owned a farm in Plymouth, N. H., where he 
spent most of his life, and followed farming in connection 



FLETCEEB QENEALOG T. — PAB T II. 21 

with his ministry, laboring with his own hands, as it was 
customary for ministers to do in those times. Rem. to 
Bridgewater, N. H., where he d. Aug. 15, 1829. His widow 
d. 1854, ae. 97£. He was a man greatly beloved by all who 
knew him. Children : 

148. i. Joshua 7 +. ' 

149. ii. Joseph 7 -\~. 

150. iii. Gershom 7 +. 

151. iv. Nathan 7 +. 

152. v. Samuel 7 +. 

153. vi. William Asa 7 +. 

154. vii. Amos 7 _|_. 

155. viii. Sarah 7 -|-« 

156. ix. Daniel H. 7 +. 



PETER 6 (130), b. in Westford, Ms., Jan. 22, 1736; m. 
Ruth Adams, Sept. 8, 1761 ; rem. to New Ipswich, N. H., 
about 1762. A soldier in the Revolution ; d. Apr. 11, 1812. 
Ruth was b. Jan. 3, 1739, and d. Apr. 28, 1816. Their 
children were : 

Dorothy, 7 b. Feb. 14, 1763. 

Ruth 7 +. 

Peter 7 +. 

Ebenezer 7 -f-. 

David 7 +. 

Submit, 7 b. Nov. 6, 1774 ; d. Oct. 15, 1806. 

James, 7 b. July, 1776; d. Feb. 9, 1778. 

James 7 -f-. 

Lydia, 7 b. Nov. 12, 1781 ; m. John Spencer, a 
farmer in Springfield, Yt. 



157. 


i. 


158. 


ii. 


159. 


iii. 


160. 


iv. 


161. 


v. 


162. 


vi. 


163. 


vii. 


164. 


viii. 


165. 


ix. 



ZECHARIAH 6 (136), b. June 23, 1740; chr. June 29, 

1740; m. Eunice ; lived at Westford, where his three 

children were born, viz : 

166. i. Eunice, 7 b. Mar. 20, 1763. 

167. ii. Susannah, 7 b. Aug. 12, 1765. 

168. iii. Abigail, 7 b. June 13, 1768. 

SEVENTH GENERATION. 

JOSHUA 7 (148), b. in Plymouth, N.H., May 16, 1776; 
m. Sarah Pulsifer, of Campton, N. H. He was a merchant, 



170. 


li. 


171. 


iii. 


172. 


iv. 


173. 


v. 


174. 


vi. 



22 FLETCHER GENEALOGY.— PART II. 

and lived many years in San Felipe de Austin, Texas ; d. in 
Illinois, May 21, 1852; wife d. in Geneva, Wis. Apr. 27, 
1842. Children : 

169. i. Eliza, 8 m. Leonard Rogers, a Pres. min. in 
Wisconsin ; d. 1855. 
Charles 8 +. 

Almira, 8 d. ae. 18, unm. 

Hannah, 8 m. Cephas Stone, of St. Charles, 111. 
William Joshua, 8 d. Oct. 1, 1843; no issue., 
Jane, 8 m. Samuel F. Foster, a farmer of Crystal 
Lake, 111. 

175. vii. Amos 8 +. 

JOSEPH 7 (149), b. in Plymouth, N.H., 1778; m. Bet- 
sey Webster, 1803 ; d. at Campton, N. H., Jan. 25, 1824. 
Joiner. Wife b. May, 1782; d. at Rumney, N. H., March 
16, 1863. Their children were : 

176. i. Betsey, W. 8 b. 1803 ; m. David Cheney, of 

Groton, N. H. 

177. ii. Arthur, 8 d. in infancy, July 29, 1805. 

178. iii. Hannah D. 8 b. 1806; d. in Concord, N.H., 

Jan. 21, 1846; unm. 

179. iv. Joseph W. 8 b. Mar. 3, 1809 ; went to sea in 

1831, and his friends never knew what became 
of him. 

180. v. Moore R. 8 +. 

181. vi. Ruth Webster, 8 b. Feb. 8, 1813 ; d. in Andover, 

Ms., Oct. 1844; unm. 

182. vii. Sarah B. 8 b. 1814; m. Stephen B. Clough, of 

Lowell, Ms. ; d. 1847. 

183. viii. William W. 8 b. in Plymouth, 1ST. H., 1816 ; m. 

Clara Colcord, 1852. Dentist in Concord, 
N.H. 

184. ix. Charles, 8 b. 1819 ; d. Nov. 5, 1835. 

185. x. GeoigeW. 8 

GERSHOM 7 (150), b. in Plymouth, N. H., Aug. 28, 1780. 
He had his name altered by the legislature to John R. ; m. 
Elizabeth Hush, at Baltimore, Md., where he d. Feb. 22, 
1828. Printer. Had issue : 

186. i. Eleanora, 8 m. Henry Powell, of Baltimore, Md. 

187. ii. Elizabeth R. 8 d. vouno:. 



FLETCHER GENEAL OG T. — TAB T II. 23 

NATHAN 7 (151), b. in Plymouth, N. H., 1783; m. 
Nancy Pillsbury, 1809. Deacon of Cong, church; rep. to 
the Gen. Court ; a man of high standing. Farmer ; d. Dec. 
8, 1865. Children : 

188. i. Cyrus 8 +. 

189. ii. Arthur 8 +. 

190. iii. Julia A. 8 b. in Bridgewater, N. H., 1816; d. 

Oct. 9, 1*842. 

191. iv. Arvilla G. 8 b. Jan. 1819 ; m. Charles Barnard, 

Feb. 1844; d. June 30, 1844. 

192. v. Samuel W. 8 b. Dec. 24, 1826 ; m. Mary J. 
Cummings, June 29, 1853, who d. Sept. 7, 1866; m. 2d, 
Mrs. Mary T. Smith, July 17, 1867. Machinist at Holder- 
ness, N. H. 

SAMUEL 7 (152), b. in Plymouth, N. H., July 31, 1785 ; 
m. Nancy Boardman, who d. Oct. 28, 1842, se. 54; m. 
2d, Mrs. Hannah C. Briggs, Feb. 13, 1847. He was grad- 
uated at Dartmouth, 1810, and then was principal of the 
academy in Gilmanton, N. H., two years. He read law with 
Samuel Green, of Concord, N. H., and upon being admitted 
to the bar, he opened an office in that place in 1815, where 
he continued in extensive and successful practice until 1841, 
when he was appointed treasurer of the Theological Seminary 
at Andover, Ms. He was for many years deacon, and a 
prominent pillar of the Cong, church. He returned to Con- 
cord in the autumn of 1850, and d. there Oct. 28, 1858. 

"Mrs. Nancy B. Fletcher was a woman of great excellence 
of character, of exemplary piety, and was greatly beloved by 
a wide circle of friends." — Boulon's Hist, of Concord, JSf. H. 

WILLIAM ASA 7 (153), b. in Plymouth, N. H., June 
26, 1788 ; m. Gertrude Hamilton, 1822. He was a mer- 
chant in Boston, and afterwards studied law and removed to 
Detroit, Mich., and then to Ann Arbor, Mich. He was for 
many years chief justice of the superior court of Michigan, 
and was appointed to revise the laws of the State. D. at 
Ann Arbor, Sept. 19, 1852. 

AMOS 7 (154), b. in Plymouth, N. H., July 13, 1790; 
m. Abigail Gale, 1817, who d. Aug. 1829 ; and 2d, Sally 
Gould, 1830. Resided in Middleton, Ms. Farmer. D. 
Apr. 4, 1861. Issue: 



24 FLETCEEB GENEALOGY. — PABT II. 

193. i. Martha Ellen, 8 b. Mar. 31, 1835 ; d. Aug. 1835. 

194. ii. Horace Joshua, 8 b. Sept. 6, 1839; d. Sept. 9, 

1840. 

195. iii. Abigail, 8 b. in Salem, Ms., Sept. 14, 1817 ; m. 

T. D. Taylor, of S. Danvers, Ms., Jan. 1840. 

196. iv. Amos 8 +. 

197. v. Joseph 8 +. 

198. vi. Sarah J. 8 b. in Danvers, Ms., May 17, 1833; 

m. J. B. Putney, Oct. 31, 1854. Res. Dan- 
vers Centre, Ms. 

199. vii. Samuel Augustus, 8 b. in D. July 13, 1836. 

Mechanic at Middleton, Ms. 

SARAH 8 (155), b. Plymouth, N. H., Jan. 26, 1793 ; m. 
Joshua Pillsbury, a farmer of Canaan, N. H., 1817. A 
school teacher previous to her marriage. Res. Canaan, N.H. 

DANIEL H. 7 (156), b. in P. ; res. Concord, N. H. ; d. 
Mar. 10, 1864. Builder. Children : 

Edward H. 8 res. Jacksonville, Fla. 
George S. 8 res. Jacksonville, Fla. 
Eliza M. 8 m. Calvin C. Webster, of Concord, 

N.H. 
Emily R. 8 m. Charles Virgin, of Concord, N. H. 
William A. 8 d. 1835. 
Anna D. 8 
William A. 8 
Ellen A. 8 
Harriet A. 8 
Charles S. 8 



200. 


i. 


201. 


ii. 


202. 


iii. 


203. 


iv. 


204. 


v. 


205. 


vi. 


206. 


vii. 


207. 


viii. 


208. 


ix. 


209. 


X. 



RUTH 7 (158), b. Oct, 10, 1765 ; m. Batchelder, of 

New Ipswich, N. H. Children : 

1. Peter. 2. Josiah. 3. Washington, who m. his cousin 
Adeline (235). Res. Brooklyn, N. Y. Cartman ; had four 
children, 

PETER 7 (159), b. Jan. 8, 1768, in Springfield, Vt. ; car- 
penter by trade ; m. Thirza Taylor, July 7, 1799, at Alstead, 
N. H., and settled there. At that place he kept a tavern 35 
years, and simultaneously a country store 16 years, and for 
many years carried on blacksmithing and farming. His busi- 



FLETCHER GENEALOG Y. — PAB T IL 25 

ness abilities were remarkable. He held a high position in 
the public estimation ; was a captain in the militia. 

From Alstead he removed, in 1838, to Laporte, Ind., and 
thence to Johnstown, Wis., where his son, John A., was 
then residing, and where he d. Jan. 2, 1852. His wife was 
b. Nov. 15, 1778 ; d. Feb. 16, 1833. His children were : 

210. i. Thomas Gilman +. 

211. ii. James H. + 

212. iii. John Adams +. 

213. iv. Sophia Emily +. 

214. v. Amelia Calista+. 

215. vi. RuthBacheller-f. 

216. vii. Hervey Taylor +. 

217. viii. George Franklin -\-. 

EBENEZER 7 (160), b. May 17, 1770 ; m. Peday Smith, 
carpenter ; res. Charlestown, N. H. ; d. in Colebrook, N. EL, 
Aug. 22, 1843. Issue : 

218. i. Lucretia Eliza, 8 b. Sept. 6, 1804; m. Cyrus 

Eames. Res. Green Bay, Wis. 

219. ii. Hiram Adams 8 +. 

220. iii. Kimball Bachelder 8 +. 

221. iv. Mary Hasham 8 +. 

222. v. Lucy Ann 8 +. 

DAVID 7 (161) , b. Dec. 28, 1772, in New Ipswich, N. H. ; 
m. Sally Lovell, Rockingham, Vt., 1795. Farmer at Spring- 
field, Vt. ; d. Jan. 26, 1834. Children : 

223. i. Oliver L. 8 +. 229. vii. Lyman 8 +. 

224. ii. Adams 8 +. 230. viii. Laura 8 +. 

225. iii. Frink 8 +. 231. ix. Peter Emerson 8 +. 

226. iv. Jehial 8 +. 232. x. Josiah 8 +. 

227. v. David 8 +- 233. xi. Aaron Dean 9 +. 

228. vi. Asa 8 +. 

JAMES 7 (164), b. Dec. 27, 1778 ; m. Azubah Gale ; d. 
in Brooklyn, N. Y. , May, 1850. Carpenter ; lived in Alstead, 
N. H., where his wife d. 1819. Children : 

234. i. James Gardiner, d. in Detroit 1836 ; m. but had 

no children. 

235. ii. Adeline, 8 m. Washington Bacheller, of Brook- 
lyn, N. Y., her cousin, the son of Ruth (158). 

236. iii. Horace Rice 8 +. 



26 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART II. 

237. iv. Mary Ann, 8 b. in Alstead, N. H. ; m. W. M. 

Morgan, of Lima, N.Y.,Oct. 18, 1837; d. 
Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. 2, 1849. Children: 
1. Marcus, b. in Rochester, X. Y., May 3, 
1841. Dentist in R. 2. Emma. 

EIGHTH GENERATION. 

CHARLES 8 (170) , res. Waterford, Pa. Issue : 

238. -i. Sebastian. 9 242. v. Amos. 9 

239. ii. Charles L. 9 243. vi. John. 9 

240. iii. Elizabeth. 9 244. vii. Samuel. 9 

241. iv. Sarah. 9 

AMOS 8 (175), m. Maria Wight. Res. New York city. 
Children : 

245. i. William Henry, 9 b. July 4, 1842 ; d. in the 

Union army in the war of the rebellion. 

246. ii. Angeline, 9 b. Feb. 10, 1846. 

247. iii. Eliza Jane, 9 b. Oct. 20, 1854 ; d. Oct. 30, 1856. 



MOORE R. 8 (180), b. in Camptown, N. H., Jan. 17, 
1811; studied medicine in Boston; m. 1840, Anne Catha- 
rine Allanshaw. From 1845 to '50 lived in Concord, N. H., 
then till '54 in Digdequash, N. B. ; rem. to Cambridge, Ms., 
where he has res. fourteen years, practising his profession 
there and in Boston. Children : 

248. i. Allanshaw, 9 b. Apr. 26, 1844 ; d. Apr. 12, 1866. 

249. ii. Webster, 9 b. June 1, 1846. 

250. iii. John McMaster, 9 b. Sept. 9, 1850. 

251. iv. Russell Hamilton, 9 b. Jan. 24, 1854. 

GEORGE W. 8 (185), b. 1821; m. Hannah K. Avery. 
Res. Rumney, N. H. Manuf r . Rep. in leg. Children : 

252. i. Ellen W. 9 b. May 20, 1851. 

253. ii. George Moore, 9 b. Dec. 19, 1852. 

CYRUS 8 (188), b. in Bridgewater, N. H., Jan. 26, 1810 ; 
m. Mary L. Sleeper, Dec. 14, 1835 ; rem. Mar. 1853, to 
Manchester, N. H., where he d. Sept. 10, 1855. Farmer. 
Son: 

254. i. Arthur Francis. 9 



FLETCHER GENEALOG Y. — PAR T II. 27 

ARTHUR 8 (189), b. in Bridgewater, N. H., Oct. 1, 1811. 
Grad. Yale, 1836; read law with Samuel Fletcher (141) ; 
m. Harriet M. Minot, 1848 ; practises his profession in Con- 
cord, N. H. Children : 

255. i. Sarah M. 9 b. Aug. 31, 1851 ; d. Aug. 7, 1853. 

256. ii. Julia M. 9 b. Mar. 13, 1855. 

257. iii. Almira M. 9 b. June 16, 1859. 



AMOS 8 (196) , b. Jan. 6, 1820 ; m. Hannah Tuttle, 1844 ; 
d. Aug. 9, 1849. Mechanic. Lived in Saugus, Ms. Had 
issue : 

258. i. Amos K. 9 

JOSEPH 8 (197), b. in Danvers, Ms., Aug. 4, 1824; m. 
Eunice G. Peabody, Apr. 10, 1847 ; d. Mar. 1, 1852. Res. 
Danvers. Mechanic. Children : 

259. i. Charles Asa, 9 b. Jan. 20, 1848. 

260. ii. Joseph H. 9 b. May 25, 1850. 

261. iii. Melintha, 9 b. Mar. 20, 1852. 



THOMAS G. 8 (210), b. June 14, 1801. Grad. Dart. 
Coll. ; studied law with Charles H. Ruggles, and practised 
in New York city. M. Almira Barnes, of Berlin, Ct>, who 
d. 1835 ; m. 2d, 1838, L. A. Jenks ; d. Oct. 7, 1839. Chil- 
dren : 

262. i. Frank Hopkins 9 +. 

263. ii. Charles Stewart. 9 

264. iii. Alice Cunningham. 9 



'O' 



JAMES H. 8 (211), b. July 13, 1808; d. Aug. 8, 1813. 

« 

JOHN ADAMS 8 (212), b. Apr. 2, 1806; m. Emily 
Kent, of Alstead, N. H., 1829, who d. 1834. Rem. to 
Keene, N. H., 1829, and to Laport, Ind., 1834, where he 
m. .2d, Eliza Newkirk Aug. 5, 1835, who was b. June 15, 
1833) Rem. to Rock Prairie 1836, and thence to Johns- 
town, Wis., which place was named for him. Children : 

265. i. Lucius L. 9 +. 

266. ii. James S. 9 b. July 19, 1839 ; m. Sept. 2, 1868, 

Cornelia M. Moore, of Laporte, Ind. He is 
in the lumber trade with his father. 



28 FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT II. 

267. iii. George Franklin, 9 b. July 28, 1842 ; m. Dec. 

28, 1868, Anna Butz, of Milton Junction, 
Rock Co., Wis. Lumber dealer with his 
father. 

268. iv. Henry C. 9 b. Jan. 5, 1845. 

269. v. Emily, 9 b. Dec. 5, 1851. 

SOPHIA E. 8 (213), b. Apr. 16, 1807; m. James H. 
Rogers, of Keeseville, N. Y. Rem. to Milwaukie, Wis., 
1836, where she d. 

AMELIA C. 8 (214), b. Jan. 3, 1811 ; m. 1842, Elnathan 
Gregory, of Laporte, Ind. Children : 

1. Samuel Oscar, m. Carrie Andrew, of L. 2. Jane 
A., m. William Wier, of L. 3. Adelia, d. 1867, 
ae. 21. 4. Lora, d. 1868, ae. 20. 5. William. 
6. Ida, d. 

RUTH B. 8 (215), b. Nov. 29, 1813; m. 1839, James 
Bowers, of Racine, Wis. Children : 

1. Emily, m. Horatio Billings, Chicago, 111. 2. Eve- 
line, res. Racine. 

HERVEY T. 8 (216), b. Mar. 2, 1816; d. in Laporte, 
Ind., 1836. Unm. 

GEORGE F. 8 (217), b. Feb. 7, 1818 ; d. Aug. 19, 1850. 
Unm. Merchant. 

HIRAM A. 8 (219), b. Dec. 14, 1806; m. Persis Hunk- 
ing. Lawyer in Lancaster, N. H. Issue : 

270. i. Almira Barnes, 9 b. Feb. 29, 1836 ; m. July 5, 

1860, William S. Ladd, who is now judge of 
Supreme court of N. H, Res. Lancaster, N. 
H. Children : 1. Fletcher, b. Dec. 21, 1862. 
2. Edward Everett, b. Jan. 15, 1865 ; d. 
Oct. 18. 1870. 3. William Palmer, b. May 
13, 1870. 

271. ii. Emily Eliza, 9 b. Dec. 27, 1838 ; d. Jan. 1, 1851. 

272. iii. Richard, 9 b. May, 1840; d. Aug. 15, 1845. 

273. iv. Richard, 9 b. May 16, 1844. In the war of the 

Rebellion in the 5 th N. H. Reg. Res. Green 
Bay, Wis. 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — P AM T II. 29 

274. v. Everett, 9 b. Dec. 21, 1848. Res. Ann Arbor, 

Mich. 

275. vi. Lucy Ellen, 9 b. Jan. 28, 1855. 

KIMBALL B. 8 (220), b. Sept. 13, 1810; m. Sarah G. 
Cummings ; m. 2cl, in Lancaster, N. H., Mrs. Mary Copp, 
1843, who d. Sept. 9, 1864; m. 3d, Mary M. Freeman Nov., 
1865. Res. Colebrook, N. H. Children by 1st wife : 

276. i. Ephraim Sumner 9 +. 

277. ii. Charles Warren 9 +• 

278. iii. Frederic Goodhue, 9 b. Dec. 26, 1842. Mer 

chant. 

Children by 2d wife : 

279. iv. Kimball B. 9 b. Nov. 27, 1849. 

280. v. Mary, 9 b. Dec. 4, 1855 ; d. Sept. 26, 1864. 

MARY H. 8 (221), b. Feb. 28, 1813 ; m. Archelaus Cum- 
mings. Res. Colebrook, N. H. 

LUCY A. 8 (222) , b. in Charlestown, N. H. , Dec. 27, 1823 ; 
m. Enoch L. Colby, a harness maker, who was b. in Bel- 
grade, Me., May 11, 1814. Res. Lancaster, N. H. Children : 
1. George Henri/, b. in Colebrook, N. H., Dec. 27, 
1844. 2. Charles Frederic, b. in C. July 14, 1846. 
3. John Ebenezer, b. in C. June 28, 1848 ; d. 
Apr. 11, 1849. 4. Frank Arthur, b. in Lancas- 
ter, N. H., Dec. 24, 1856. All res. in L. 

OLIVER L. 8 (223), b. Oct. 15, 1795; m. Mary Gould 
1823. Farmer. Children: 

281. i. Mary A., b. 1825. 

282. ii. David, b. 1827 ; d. in Lancaster, Ms., 1849. 

283. iii. Dean, b. 1830. Shoemaker. 

284. iv. Harriet E., b. 1835. 

ADAMS 8 (224), b. Feb. 9, 1797; m. Sylvia Martin, of 
Essex, N. Y., 1824. Wheelwright. Had issue : 

285. Dean A. 9 b. June 10, 1831 ; m. Martha Mager, of 
Tennessee. Lawyer in Lyons, Iowa. 

FRINK 8 (225), b. Dec. 13, 1799; m. Esther Olcott, 
1836. Farmer in Springfield, 111. Children: 

286. i. Charles, 9 b. 1838. 

287. ii. Henry, 9 b. 1840. 



30 FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT II. 

JEHIAL 8 (226), b. Jan. 23, 1801 ; m. Veranda Misser, 
of Westminster, Vt., 1827. Res. Keeseville, N. Y. Chil- 
dren : 

288. i. Nancy Emily, b. Essex, N. Y., May 7, 1829. 

289. ii. Henry S., b. Chesterfield, N. Y., Mar. 19, 1832. 

290. iii. Augusta E., b. Dec. 30, 1833; d. May 1, 1855. 

291. iv. Maria A., b. in C. Apr. 26, 1836. 

DAVID 8 (227), b. Springfield, Vt., Nov. 2, 1802 ; m. in 
Chesterfield, N. Y., Maria Bosworth ; and 2d, Euth Butler, 
1846. Children: 

292. i. David, b. Jan. 1839. 

293. ii. James, b. 1843. 

294. iii. Maria, b. 1848. 

ASA 8 (228), b. Jan. 27, 1805; d. Feb. 9 same year. 

LYMAN 8 (229), b. Sept. 17, 1807; m. Rhoda Pond, of 
Keeseville, N. Y., Sept. 1837. Farmer at Chesterfield, N. 
Y. Children : 

295. i. Jehial, 9 b. Sept. 1839. 

296. ii. Laura, 9 b. May, 1846. 

297. iii. Emily, 9 b. June 26, 1850. 

LAURA 8 (230), b. in Springfield, Vt., Jan. 25, 1809; 
•m. Jacob Stoddard, in Rockingham, Vt., 1830. 

PETER E. 8 (231), b. Springfield, Vt., Aug. 16, 1810; 
m. 1842, Mary A. Messenger, of Pa. Carriage manufac- 
turer in Laporte, Ind. Children : 

298. i. George Franklin, 9 b. 1845. 

299. ii. Julia M. 9 b. 1847. 

300. iii. Sarah J. 9 b. 1852. 

JOSIAH 8 (232), b. June 8, 1812 ; m. Mary Raynesford, 
of Chesterfield, N. Y., 1849. Farmer. 

AARON D. 8 (233), b. Sept. 15, 1817. Artist in Keese- 
ville, N. Y. 

HORACE R. 8 (236), b. in Alstead, N. H., Mar. 11, 1814. 
Rem. to Rochester, N. Y. ; m. Olive Jane Hunt Nov. 15, 
1838, who d. Dec. 24, 1865 ; 2d, Frances M. Getty, of 



FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PAET II. 31 

Genessee, 111., Mar. 7, 1867. Builder. Now real estate 
broker in Brooklyn, N. Y. Children : 

301. i. Frank Elliot, 9 b. in Rochester, N. Y., Apr. 17, 

1841 ; d. in Brooklyn, Nov. 23, 1859. 

302. ii. George Horace Elliot, b. in Brooklyn Apr. 21, 

1845. Clerk in the Treasury, Washington, 
D. C. 

303. iii. Luella Jane, b. Mar. 25, 1847 ; m. J. L. Bige- 

low, of Batavia, N. Y., 1868. Res. Lock- 
port, N. Y. 

304. iv. Florence Gale, b. in B. July 27, 1855. 

305. v. Minnie Elliot, 9 b. in B. Oct. 27, 1$59 ; d. Feb. 

6, 1860. 

306. vi. Horace Elliot Getty, 9 b. in B. Sept. 22, 1869. 

NINTH GENERATION. 

FRANK H. 9 (262), b. Mar. 31, 1831. Grad. Dart Coll. 
1858; studied law at Laporte, Ind., and commenced prac- 
tice there, 1860; entered U. S. paymaster's depart' 4 1861; 
appointed paymaster U. S. A. 1864 ; breveted Lieut. Col. 
for services. M. Helen, dau. of Alfred Clapp, of St. Louis, 
Nov. 3, 1863, where he now resides. Children : 

307. Anna Wendell, 10 b. Mar. 5, 1868 ; d. Aug. 14 same 

year. 

308. Jennie Clapp. 10 

LUCIUS S. 9 (265), b. July 24, 1837; m. Maria Dodge, 
of Fort Atkinson, Wis., Dec. 9, 1860. Farmer in Johns- 
town, Wis. Children : 

309. i. Arthur, 10 d. 

310. ii. John. 10 

EPHRAIM S. 9 (276), b. Oct. 24, 1834; m. Cynthia 
Hamilton Nov., 1865. Enlisted as a private in the 2 d Wis. 
Reg*, in the war of the rebellion, and after fifteen months , 
service was promoted to a lieutenantcy for bravery at the 
battle of Cedar Mountain ; afterwards Capt. in 23 d Wis. Reg. 
He was in fourteen battles. 

CHARLES W. 9 (277), b. June 30, 1837. Lives in 
Charles City, Iowa ; m. Carrie Moore. Merchant. Serg*. 
in Co. F, 2 d N. H. Reg 1 , in the war of the rebellion. Dau. 

310J. Jessie W. b. in C. C. Dec. 29, 1865. 



32 FLETCHEB GENEALOGY.— PABT III. 



PAET III. 

COMPRISING THE DESCENDANTS OF PAUL FLETCHER* (28). 

In this branch there is one name of the. eleventh genera- 
tion. 

FOURTH GENERATION. 

PAUL 4 (28), was b. about 1683, and lived in Chelms- 
ord, Ms. He "was in the snowshoe company formed dur- 
ing the Indian war" in 1724. Issue : 

311. i. Timothy 5 +. 313. iii. Jonathan 5 +. 

312. ii. John 5 +. 314. iv. Ebenezer 5 -f. 

FIFTH GENERATION. 

TIMOTHY 5 (311), m. Mary ; d. Oct. 12, 1755. 

Kes. Westford, Ms. Issue : 

315. i. Jesse, 6 b. Mar. 10, 1730 ; d. Apr. 24, 1756. 

316. ii. Timothy, 6 b. Dec. 21, 1732. 

317. iii. Daniel, 6 b. Mar. 29, 1735; d. at Crown Point 

Sept. 5, 1760. 

318. iv. Simeon 6 +- 

319. v. Mary, 6 b. June 1, 1739. 

320. vi. Eebecca, 6 b. 1741 ; chr. July 26, 1741. 

321. vii. James 6 +. 

322. viii. Esther, 6 b. Sept. 23, 1745; d. Oct. 16, 1745. 

323. ix. Sarah, 6 b. Apr. 23, 1749. 

324. x. John 6 +. 

JOHN 5 (312) , m. Lydia Patch June 23, 1736. Issue : 

325. i. Paul, 6 b. June 5, 1737 ; d. 1738. 

326. ii. John, 6 b. Dec. 28, 1738. 

327. iii. Paul 6 +. 

328. iv. Mary, 6 b. Apr. 6, 1742. 

JONATHAN 5 (313), b. in Chelmsford, Ms.; rem. to 
Rutland, Ms. 

" Capt. Jonathan Fletcher of Rutland Mar 31, 1760 Served 
39 weeks 9 days balance due 89 : 7. 9." — Vol. 4 Ms. Doc- 
uments in State House. 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART III. 33 



FROM TOWN EECOED OF EUTLAND, MS. 

"May 21, 1748. Jonathan Fletcher entered his intentions 
of marriage with Lucy Stevens both of this town. 

"June 20, 1748. Gave certificate that said Fletcher and 
Stevens have been published as the law directs." 

There must have been a lovers' quarrel, for we read fur- 
ther on : "Aug. 26, 1748. Jonathan Fletcher entered inten- 
tions of marriage with Mary Bullard," &c. Certificate, &c, 
Sept. 21, 1748. 

Perhaps he d. a bachelor after all, for there is no account 
of his marriage or of any children. . 

EBENEZER 5 (314), m. Joanna Stearns Aug. 8, 1754, at 
Bill erica, Ms. Lived in Westford, Ms. Children all b. in 
W. : 

329. i. Josiah 6 +. 

330. ii. Solomon 6 +• 

331. iii. Lucy, 6 b. Mar. 13, 1763. 

332. iv. Rachel, 6 ) , . , -^ , n -,„ pn 

333. v. Rebecca, 6 \ twms ' b ' Feb ' 9 ' 1769 ' 

334. vi. Joanna. 6 ^ €/2>^t2^ci<r*>s> 

335. vii. Esther, 6 b. June 9, 1762. 

SIXTH GENERATION. 

SIMEON 6 (318), b. June 30, 1737; killed instantly at 
the raising of a meeting-house in Wilton, N. H. [See Ap- 
pendix B.] 

JAMES 6 (321), b. Sept. 3, 1743; m. Rebecca Prescott 
Feb. 21, 1770. Res. Westford, Ms. Issue : 

336. i. Jonas 7 +. 

337. ii. Rebecca, 7 b. Sept. 17, 1772. 

338. iii. Abel. 7 

339. iv. Susan. 7 

340. v. Betsey. 7 

341. vi. Charlotte. 7 

342. vii. Roxana. 7 

JOHN 6 (324), b. Nov. 4, 1751 ; m. Elizabeth Perry Nov. 
30, 1773. Res. Westford, Ms., where he d. and where his 
gravestone may be seen in the east cemetery. Issue : 

5 



34 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART III. 

343.. i. John, 7 b. in W. May 30, 1774. 

344. ii. Polly, 7 b. in W. Apr. 2, 1776. 

345. iii. Timothy, 7 b. in W. May 9, 1780. 



PAUL 6 (327), b. Mar. 11, 1740 ; m. Anna Willard Aug. 

20, 1760; 2d, Abigail ; 3d, Thankful Beeman Oct. 3, 

1774. Settled in Groton, Ms.; d. in Chester, Vt., where 
his son Daniel had settled. Children of Paul and Anna : 

346. i. Anna, 7 b. in G. June 4, 1761 ; m. Dr. Sea- 

graves. 

347. ii. Daniel 7 +. 

Child of Paul and Abigail. 

348. iii. Lydia, 7 b. Mar. 2, 1769. 

Child of Paul and Thankful. 

349. iv. Paul, 7 b. July 12, 1775. 



JOSIAH 6 (329), b. July 7, 1757. Issue : 

350. L Betsey. 7 353. iv. Joshua. 7 

351. ii. Isaac. 7 354. v. Josiah. 7 

352. iii. Timothy. 7 

SOLOMON 6 (330), b. Dec. 27, 1760. Issue : 

355. s 'i. Josiah 7 +. 358. iv. Solomon 7 +. 

356. ii. Isaac 7 +. 359. v. Sally. 7 



357. iii. 


Simeon 7 -[-. 




360. vi. Betsey. 7 






SEVENTPI 


GENERATION. 




JONAS 7 


(336), b. Sept. 


24, 


1770. Issue : 




361. i. 


Mary. 8 




366. vi. James 8 -|-. 




362. ii. 


Gilman 8 +. 




367. vii. Jonathan J. f 


' + 


363. iii. 


George 8 +. 




368. viii. John W. 8 




364. iv. 


Sarah. 8 




369. ix. Eoxana. 8 




365. v. 


Warren 8 -)-. 









DANIEL 7 (347), b. Mar. 13, 1763; m. Susan Stone. 
Served in the revolution. Eem. in early life to Chester, Yt., 
where he lived to see his children and grandchildren settled 
around him, and where he d. June 21, 1844. Children all 
b. in C. : 



FEE TCHEB GENFAL OGY. — FABT III. 



35 



370. i. Willard, 8 d. unm, at Freeport, 111., ae. about 60. 

371. ii. Jonas 8 +. 

372. iii. Ann S. 8 res. Chester, Vt., and d. there 1869. 

373. iv. Daniel L. 8 m. Mary Ann Carley ; d. in Attle- 

boro', Ms. Epis. min. 

374. v. Susan, 8 m. Amos Hulett; d. at Oswegatchee, 

N. Y. Children: 1. Susan. 2. Mary Ann. 

375. vi. Sally, 8 m. Nathan Lake ; d. 

Children: 1. George Allen. 
Lucia Ann. 

376. vii. Ira, 8 res. Chester, Yt. ; unm. 

377. viii. William, 8 res. Oswegatchee, N. Y. ; unm. 

378. ix. Eunice, 8 m. Major Jenkins ; d. in Iowa. 

379. x. Lucia A. 8 m. Ferdinand H. Miller. 



in Chester, Vt. 
2. Susan. 3. 



JOSIAH 7 (355). Had issue 

380. i. Downing 8 +. 

381. ii. Solomon 8 +. 

382. iii. Lorin^F. 8 

383. iv. JohnB. 8 +. 

384. v. Oliver N. 8 



385. vi. Nelly A, 

386. vii. Mary. 8 

387. viii. Jane. 8 

388. ix. Ellen. 8 



ISAAC 7 (356). 

389. i. Osias. 8 

390. ii. David. 8 



Issue 



391. iii. Elizabeth. 8 



SIMEON 7 (357). 

392. i. James. 8 

393. ii. David. 8 

394. iii. Nancy. 8 



Issue 



395. iv. Jane. 8 

396. v. Maria. 8 



SOLOMON 7 (358). Issue: 

397. i. Anna. 8 

398. ii. Mary. 8 


399. 
400. 


iii. 
iv. 


Lydia. 8 
Josiah. 8 


EIGHTH GENERATION. 






GILMAN 8 (362). Issue: 

401. i. Hannah R. 9 

402. ii. Jonathan J. 9 

403. iii. Calvin T. 9 

404. iv. Hattie M. 9 


405. 

406. 
407. 
408. 


v. 

vi. 

vii. 

viii. 


John W. 9 
Laura A. 9 
Abby C. 9 
Warren B. 9 



36 



FLE TCHEB GENEAL OGY. — FAB T III. 



GEORGE 8 (363). 

409. i. George P. £ 

410. ii. Jesse C. 9 

411. iii. Eufus M. 9 

412. iv. JohnW. 9 



Issue 



v. Augusta. 



413. 

414. vi. Sarah. 

415. vii. Susau. 9 



WARREN 8 (365). 

416. i. Nathan. 9 

417. ii. Frances. 9 



Issue : 



418. iii. AnnM. 9 



JAMES 8 (366). Issue: 

419. i. James H. 9 

420. ii. Charles B. 9 

421. iii. Edward H. 9 

422. iv. Maryetta. 9 



423. v. Edwin. 9 

424. vi. . 9 

425. vii. Caroline E. 



JONATHAN J. 8 (367). 

426. i. Ann M. 

427. ii. Francis. 



Issue 



428. 
429. 



in. 
iv. 



Frederic A. 
Hannah J. 9 



JONAS 8 (371), b. in Chester, Vt., Apr. 26, 1789; m. 
Lucinda Sawtell. Served in the war of 1812 ; d. in C. Mar. 
5,1860. Issue: 

430. i. Lucinda S. 9 b. Dec. 24, 1810 ; m. Josiah Cush- 
man ; d. in Danby, 111., Feb. 1, 1865. Chil- 
dren : 1. Ida. 2. William. 
Foster 9 +. 
Orren J. y +. 
Sarah A. 9 b. June 20, 1817. Res. Claremont, 

N.H. 
George L. 9 +• 
vi. Bailey N. 9 +. 

Daniel W. 9 b. Oct. 6, 1823 ; d. in Ct. ; unm. 
William W. 9 +. 

Freedom J. 9 b. Aug. 21, 1828 ; d. in Ludlow, 
Yt. ; unm. 

439. x. Ormond W. 9 b. Aug. 20, 1831 ; m. Frances 
Weston. Postmaster at Bartonsville, Vt. 

440. xi. OramelW. 9 +. 



431. 


n. 


432. 


iii. 


433. 


iv. 


434. 


v. 


435. 


vi. 


436. 


vii. 


437. 


viii. 


438. 


ix. 



FLETCHER GENEALOG Y. — PAB T III. 



37 



DOWNING 8 (380). Issue 

441. i. Amanda. 9 

442. ii. Emily. 9 

SOLOMON 8 (381). Issue: 

445. i. Solomon. 9 

446. ii. Loring. 9 

JOHN B. 8 (383). Issue: 
449. Frederic W. 9 



443. iii. Eunice. 9 

444. iv. Ransford. 9 



447. iii. Rosell. 

448. iv. Anna. 9 



NINTH GENERATION. 

FOSTER 9 (431), b. Oct. 26, 1812; m. Lucy Perkins. 
Rem. to Ludlow, Vt. Issue : 

450. i. Hazen. 10 452. iii. Harriet. 10 

451. ii. Harriet. 30 453. iv. Lucy.™ 

ORREN J. 9 (432), b. May 13, 1815 ; m. Maria C. Van 
Voorhies. Res. Jacksonville, 111. Children : 

454. i. Orren Washington, 10 d. by drowning, Quincy, 111. 

455. ii. Leroy Van Ness, 10 b. 1838. -Tinner in Quincy, 

111. 

456. iii. Cedora Maria, 10 m. D. C. Smith. Res. Louis- 

ville, Ky. 

457. iv. Herbert W. 10 

458. v. George Leon, 10 ) twins, b. 1852. George d. ae. 

459. vi. Ada May, 10 5 9 mos. 

460. vii. Cora June, d. ae. 7. 

GEORGE L. 9 (434), b. June 26, 1819; m. Emily C. 
Jacobs. Lawyer in Chester, Vt. ; sheriff of Windsor Co. 
Children : 

461. i. Arad Dillingham 10 +. 

462. ii. Charles L. 10 b. Mar. 11, 1843. Merchant in 

Ludlow, Vt. 

BAILEY N. 9 (435), b. Sept. 1, 1821; m. Hannah H. 
Martin. Enlisted in the war of the rebellion; d. in Gen. 
Thomas' army in Nashville, Tenn., about ten days after the 
defeat of Hood. Children : 

463. i. JoelC. 10 465. iii. Martin. 10 

464. ii. Nelson. 10 466. iv. Catharine. 10 



3 8 FLETGHEB GENEAL OGY. — PAB T III. 

467. v. George. 10 469. vii. Fremont. 10 

468. vi. Filora. 10 470. viii. William. 10 

WILLIAM W. 9 (437), b. Mar. 10, 1826. Children: 

471. i. Zara. 10 

472. ii. William. 10 

OEAMEL W. 9 (440), b. Jan. 30, 1834 ; m. Sarah Bing- 
ham. Ees. Chester, Vt. Child : 

473. Charles, 10 b. 1867. 



TENTH GENERATION. 

ARAD D. 10 (461), b. Nov. 13, 1840; m. Henrietta Par- 
menter. Kes. Chester, Vt. Child : 
474. George L. 11 b. June 3, 1867. 



FLE1 CHER GENEALOGY. — TART IV. 39 



PAKT IV. 

THE LANCASTER BRANCH. — COMPRISING THE DESCENDANTS 
OF JOHN 4 (31). 

JOHN 4 (31), b. in Chelmsford, Ms., m. Hannah Phelps, 
of Lancaster, Ms., 1712, where he settled and built a house 
on George's Hill, directly west of the present brick meeting- 
house. The old homestead remained until 1868 in possession 
of his descendants. Wife d. Apr. 10, 1737, ae. 51. Chil- 
dren all b. in L. : 

475. i. John 5 +. 479. v. Lydia. 5 

476. ii. Timothy. 5 480. vi. Hannah. 5 

477. iii. Robert. 5 481. vii. Ruth. 5 
i 478. iv. Joshua 5 +. 

FIFTH GENERATION. 

JOHN 5 (475), b. 1712 ; settled in Leominster, Ms. ; rem. 
to Lemster, N. H., where he lived nine yrs. ; thence rem. to 
Walpole, N. H., where he d. 1808. Issue : 

482. i. John 6 +. 485. iv. Polly. 6 

483. ii. Samuel 6 +. 486. v. Joanna. 6 

484. iii. Jonathan 6 +. 

JOSHUA 5 (478), b. in Lancaster, Ms., Dec. 26, 1724; 
m. Mary, dau. of Ebenezer and Sarah Allen May 25, 1748 ; 
d. Nov. 13, 1814. He was b. lived and d. in the house 
erected by his father on George's Hill, without having trav- 
elled forty miles from home. At the time of the Revolu- 
tion, he was one of the committee of safety. When the news 
of the battle of Lexington reached him, he, though more 
than fifty yrs. old, left his plough in the furrow, like General 
Putnam, mounted his horse and proceeded to Concord to 
join the patriots. Farmer. Wife d. July 25, 1813, ae. 86. 
All his children were b. at the old homestead, viz : 



+• 



487. 


i. 


Joshua 6 -|-. 


493. 


vii. 


Peter 6 +. 


488. 


ii. 


Timothy 6 +. 


494. 


viii. 


Rufus 6 +. 


489. 


iii. 


Phineas 6 +. 


495. 


ix. 


Anne 6 +. 


490. 


iv. 


Elisha 6 +. 


496. 


X. 


Sophia 6 + 


491. 


v. 


John 6 +. 


497. 


xi. 


William 6 - 


492. 


vi. 


Mary 6 +. 









40 FLETCHER GENEAL OGY.—PAET IV. 



SIXTH GENERATION. 

JOHN 6 (482), b. in Leominster, Ms. Farmer in West 
moreland, N. H. ; was over seventy yrs. old when he d. 
without issue. 



SAMUEL 6 (483), b. in Lem. ; rem. to Westmoreland, 
N. H., where he d. at an advanced age of more than three- 
score and ten. Issue : 

498. i. Samuel. 7 

499 . ii. Jonathan, 7 lived to great age in Westminster, Vt. 

500. iii. Ehoda. 7 

501. iv. Lydia. 7 

JONATHAN 6 (484), b. in Leominster, Ms., Sept. 29, 
1753. His parents rem. when he was very young to Lemp- 
ster, N. H., where he lived nine years, and thence to Wal- 
pole, N. H., and on the farm where they settled, Jonathan 
lived and died. He was a revolutionary hero, — in the bat- 
tle of Bunker Hill, and then under Stark at Bennington. 
He d. while sitting in his chair, Feb. 2, 1854, ae. 100 yrs., 
5 mos. and 4 days. He was a good and pious man. He 
read the Bible through twenty-seven times after he was 
seventy-five yrs. old. Issue : 

502. i. Jonathan, 7 b. 1782; d. 18Q2. Farmer. 

503. ii. Miriam, 7 b. Feb., 1783; m. Plumley. Kes. 

Gaines, N. Y. 

504. iii. Polly, 7 b. Sept. 17,1785; m. Bundy. Ees. 

Walpole, N. H. 

505. iv. Alvan 7 +. 

506. v. Israel r -|-. 

507. vi. Salome, 7 b. May, 1796. Ees. Walpole, N. H. ; 

unm. 

508. vii. Melinda, 7 b. 1798; m. William Dunshee Aug. 

30, 1821; d. Aug. 2, 1859. 

509. viii. Joanna, 7 m. Elias Burbank. 



JOSHUA 6 (487), b. in Lancaster, Ms., Feb. 25, 1749; 
d. Oct. 13, 1772, without issue. 



FLETCHER GENEALOG Y. — PAR T IV. 41 

TIMOTHY 6 (488), b. in Lancaster, Ms., Sept. 20, 1750 ; 
m. Hannah Fosdick. He was an ardent patriot of the Revo- 
lution. When the Am. army in those dark days of the war 
was encamped at Valley Forge, he filled his sleigh with shoes 
and took them to the encampment in Pa., leading his horse 
and walking all the way. Issue : 

510. i. Hannah, 7 b. in Grafton, Ms., Jan. 31, 1776 ; m. 

Calvin Bennett, in Leominster, Ms. ; d. in 
Philadelphia, Pa., May 10, 1838. 

511. ii. Betsey, 7 b. in Alstead, N. H., Sept., 1779 ; d. 

unm. Res. Lancaster, Ms. 

512. iii. Timothy 7 +. 
v 513. iv. Joshua 7 +. 

514. v. James Fosdick, 7 b. in Alstead, N. H., Mar. 9, 

1785 ; m. Fidelity du Corneau, in New Or- 
leans, La., where he d. Oct. 7, 1820. 

515. vi. Thomas 7 +. 

516. vii. Henry, 7 b. in A., Mar. 14, 1789. Merchant in 

Louisville, Ky., where he d. unm., July 13, 
1866. 

517. viii. Martha, 7 b. in A., Sept. 19, 1791. 

518. ix. Charles, 7 b. in Lancaster, Ms., Jan. 14, 1794; 

m. Louisa Lovett. Res. Philadelphia, Pa. 

519. x. George 7 -(-• 

520. xi. Mary Ann, 7 b. in Lancaster, Ms., Oct. 29, 1798. 

521. xii. Levi, 7 b. in Lancaster, Ms., Aug. 21, 1800. 

Grad. Harvard, 1823. Epis. clergyman. At 
the time of his death, in Mobile, Ala., Nov. 
13, 1839, he was a chaplain in the U. S. army. 

PHINEAS 6 (489), b. May 29, 1753 ; m. Mary Campbell 
June 3, 1790; rem. to Kingsbury, N. Y., 1799. Farmer. 
Issue : 

522. i. Phineas 7 +. 

523. ii. Polly, 7 b. in Lancaster, Ms., Oct. 5, 1793; m. 

Amos Lawrence, of Luzerne, N. Y. ; d. May 
9, 1833, in Granville, N. Y. 

524. iii. Betsey, 7 b. in L., Sept. 25, 1794; m. Isaac 

Coman; d. Feb. 19, 1867. 

525. iv. Leonard 7 +. 

526. v. Joshua 7 +. 

527. vi. Sophia, 7 b. in Kingsbury, N. Y., Aug. 11. 1807 ; 

m. Samuel B. Terwillager, of Saratoga, N. Y. 



42 FLETCHEB GENEALOGY, PART IV 

528. vii. Helen. 7 

529. viii. Hannah, 7 b. Kingsbury, N. Y., Oct. 6, 1809; 

m. Eobert J. Milligan, of Saratoga, N. Y., 
who d. Nov. 3, 1867. They had one son : 
Robert F., b. May 12, 1855. 

ELISHA 6 (490), b. June 18, 1855, in Lancaster, Ms., 
where he d. Dec. 26, 1772, without issue. 

JOHN 6 (491), b. Oct. 1, 1757. Issue : 

530. i. Lucy. 7 533. iv. Charles. 7 

531. ii. John. 7 534. v. Joseph. 7 

532. iii. Nancy. 7 

MAKY 6 (492), b. June, 1760; m. Kilborn. * 

PETEK 6 (493), b. Sept. 5, 1762; m. Sarah Piper, Jan. 
28, 1787. Settled in Alstead, N. H. ; rem. to Bennington, 
N. H., where he d. Nov., 1843. Wife Sarah, a very excel- 
lent and devoutly pious woman, d. Dec. 31, 1848, ae. 83. 
Issue : 

535. i. Polly, 7 b. 1798 ; m. Nahum Kingsbury, of Al- 

stead, N. H., Oct. 1830; d. 1854. He d. 
Apr. 10, 1869, ae. 81. Children: 1. Cyrus 
Judson; res. A. 2. Otis, d. ae. 2. 

536. ii. Nancy, 7 b. 1789 ; d. in Claremont, N. H. ; unm. 

537. iii., Sally, 7 b. 1791 ; m. William Woods, of Nashua, 

N. H., Mar. 2, 1854, where she d. Jan. 1, 
1868. 

538. iv. Lucinda, 7 b. in Alstead, N.H., Mar. 13, 1794; 

m. Telem Dayton, of Haclley, N. Y., Jan. 
10, 1821. Children: 1. Simon, b.' Apr. 29, 
1822; m. Miss Lydia Houghton. Physician 
in Kockford, 111. 2. Lucinda, b. Sept. 19, 
1823 ; m. Philo M. Benham, of Fairfield, O. 
Both were engaged as teachers in Clarksville, 
Ark., at the breaking out of the rebellion. 
"It was the only loyal family in that city. 
Mr. B. was made a prisoner by the rebels, 
who reported that they intended to burn him 
alive, only because he was from the North. 
By the help of a brother freemason, he escaped 



FLETCHEB GENEAL0G1. — PABT IV. 43 

and reached the Union army (Gen. Steele's 
Div.) at Fort Smith. The family, left be- 
hind, plundered by the f chivalry,' even to 
kitchen utensils, suffered four years, until the 
Union flag gave them protection, and they 
settled in Indiana." He was killed by the 
explosion of a steam engine, Oct. 1, 1869. 
Children : 

Julia Ann, b. Sept. 11, 1849. Ada L., b. July 31, 1851. 
Philo D., b. Apr. 20, 1853; d. Feb. 8, 1855. Philo 
D., b. Jan. 2, 1857. Lucy A., b. Aug. 25, 1863. 

3. Sarah Ann, b. June 19, 1825; m. John 
McMillan ; d. Mar. 1852. 4. David, b. Feb. 
8, 1828. 5. Ghloe, b. Mar. 22, 1831; m. 
William H. Stone. 6. Lewis T., b. Feb. 23, 
1833 ; d. July 5, 1860. 7. Henry, b. Sept. 
30, 1836 ; res. Waukon, Iowa. 8. Erastus, 
b. Feb. 10, 1839 ; m. Miss^ Elizabeth Smead. 
Jeweller in Luzerne, N. Y. 

539. v. Peter. 7 

540. vi. Simon. 7 

541. vii. Achsah, 7 m. Obed Kempton, of Newport, N. H. ; 

res. Claremont, N. H. 

542. viii. Lucretia, 7 b. Aug. 3, 1802 ; m. Daniel Whitney, 

of Poultney, Vt. ; rem. to Fort Covington, 
N.Y. ; d. Feb. 26, 1867. Children : 1. Sarah 
L., b. July 21, 1832; d. Mar. 6, 1858. 2. 
John F., b. June 13, 1834. 3. H Valeria, 
b. Aug. 27, 1836. 4. Harriet S., b. Aug. 23, 
1838; d. May 4, 1869. 5. Achsah A., b. 
1842 ; d. Mar. 2, 1860. 6. Charlotte E., b. 
July 2, 1847 ; d. Aug. 28, 1848. 

543. ix. Lewis Allen 7 +. 

544. x. Sophronia, 7 physician in Boston, Ms. 

EUFUS 6 (494), b. Oct. 14, 1764 ; m. Mary Sawyer June 
29, 1786. He lived on a portion of .the farm of his grand- 
father, a few rods north of the old homestead, and cl. there 
Sept. 28, 1851, an humble and devoted Christian. Issue : 

545. i. Elisha 7 +. 

546. ii. Sophia, 7 b. Oct. 18, 1788 ; m. Joel Howe, of 

W. Boylston, Ms. ; d. June 4, 1852. 

547. iii. Artemas 7 +. 



44 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART IV. 

548. iv. Cynthia, 7 b. Jan. 31, 1792 ; m. Dennis Bigelow, 

of W. Boylston, Ms., Jan. 14, 1818. 

549. v. Christopher, 7 b. Apr. 6, 1794 ; m. Elizabeth 

Townsend, of Augusta, Geo., 1820; m. 2d, 
Mrs. Beals, 1825; m. 3d, Sarah Lee, of S. 
C. Mason by trade. Ees. Ceutreville, Ma. ; 
d. Jan. 27, 1859, Left no children. 

550. vi. Eufus, 7 b. June 9, 1795 ; d. young. 

551. vii. Eufus 7 +- 

552. viii. Mary, 7 b. Dec. 25, 1799; d. July 21, 1864. 

Ees. Lancaster, Ms. 

553. ix. Elijah, 7 b. Aug. 23, 1802 ; d. young. 

554. x. Lewis 7 +- 

ANNE 6 (495), b. Sept. 29, 1767; d. 1872. 

SOPHIA 6 (496), b. Nov. 22, 1769; d. in Shirley, Ms., 
Mar. 1, 1799. 

WILLIAM 6 (497), b. Aug. 9, 1772, and lived at the old 
homestead erected by his grandfather on George's Hill, in 
Lancaster, Ms., and there all his children were b. ; m. Dor- 
cas Whipple, of Mason, N. H., Nov. 29, 1824; d. Mav 28, 
1850. Wife b. May 19, 1769 ; d. May 24, 1844. He was 
one of the pioneers in the temperance cause, an honored 
man in the community, and a consistent Christian. Issue ; 

555. i. Eoxana, 7 b. and d. 1805. 

556. ii. William 7 +. 

557. iii. Otis 7 +. 

558. iv. Dorcas Whipple. 7 

SEVENTH GENERATION. 

ALVAN 7 (505), b. July 11, 1770 ; m. Eliza Holden Jan. 
2, 1812, who was b. Apr. 1, 1791. Ees. Eipton, Vt. Chil- 
dren : 

559. i. Levi Wilson, 8 b. Aug. 4, 1814; d. Sept. 5, 

1836. 

560. ii. Valeria Ann, 8 b. Jan. 26, 1816 ; m. Pliny Clark, 

a farmer of Andover, Vt., Aug. 27, 1834. 
Eem. in 1846 to Montrose, Wis., their pres- 
ent residence. Children: 1. Samuel Pliny, 
b. Aug. 24, 1835; m. Miss Elizabeth D. 



FLETCHER GENEALOG Y. — PAR T IV. 45 

Huntington Feb. 11, 1861. Ees. Platteville, 

Wis. Children : 

Adeline Valeria, b. Feb. 7, 1862; d. 1864. Edward 
Lincoln, b. Apr. 23, 1865 ; d. 1867. Elmer, b. July 
3, 1868. 

2. Alvin Fletcher, b. Aug. 15, 1837. In the 
war of the rebellion he enlisted as a private in 
Co, E, 31st. Wis. vols. ; served under Gen. 
Sherman ; was in the siege of Atlanta, and on 
the great march through Georgia to the sea. 
Was commissioned lieut. in 43d Wis. vols., 
and served to the close of the war. M. Sept. 
27, 1865, Miss Laura J. Eobbins. Farmer in 
Montrose, Wis. Child, Frederic Arthur, b. 
June 17, 1866. 3. Augusta Valeria, b. Dec. 
17,1840; m. Levi W. Gilmore Oct. 1864. 
Res. Freeborn, Min. Children : 

Ernest B., b. July 23, 1867. Carlos B., b. Apr. 1869. 

4. Azro M., b. Apr. 30, 1844. Ees. Mont- 
rose, Wis. 5. Qarfelia J., b. Mar. 9, 1846; 
m. William Clark. Ees. Ames, Iowa. 6. 
Gleora Adell, b. Apr. 12, 1849. 7. William 
Arthur, b. Aug. 6, 1851. 8. Frank Leroy, 
b. Oct. 6, 1853. 9. Loella Ellen, b. Feb. 
24, 1856. 

561. iii, Samuel Seaver, 8 b. May 26, 1817. Ees. Go- 

shen, Vt. 

562. iv. Edwin Francis, 8 b. May 4, 1819 ; d. Mar. 9, 1840. 

563. v. Calvin Thornton, 8 b. July 9, 1830; d. May 2, 

1838. 

564. vi. Louisa Jane, 8 b. Dec. 26, 1821 ; m. Morris 

Pierce, of Westminster, Yt. Her son Alvan 
Pierce was in the war of the rebellion, Co. G, 
11th Eeg. Yt. vols. 

565. vii. Joanna Burbank, 8 b. Oct. 29, 1828; m. N. W. 

Cobb. Has one dau. 

ISEAEL 7 (506), b. 1794; d, 1858. Ees, Walpole, N. 
H. Issue : 

566. i. Henry, 8 ) Walioole N H 

567. ii. Curtis, 8 \ res ' Wal P ole > *• M * 



46 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART IV. 

TIMOTHY 7 (512), b. in Alstead, N. H., June 1, 1781 ; 
m. Sally White, in Boston, 1805 ; d. in New Orleans, La., 
Sept. 25, 1811. Issue : 

568. i. Timothy. 8 

569. ii. Caroline. 8 

570. iii. Thomas, d, in Boston, ae. 22. 

JOSHUA 7 (513), b. in Alstead, N. H., May 8, 1783 ; m. 
Nabby Warren, in Boston, Nov. 20, 1811 ; d. in Lancaster, 
Ms., July 4, 1844. Issue : 

571. i. Joseph Warren, 8 b. Nov. 15, 1813 ; d. May 11, 

1816. 

572. ii. Eleanor Louisa, 8 b. Mar. 15, 1815 ; m. in Lan- 

caster, Ms., Sept. 25, 1838, to A. J. Browne, 
of Bolton, Ms. Children : 1. Charles, b. and 
d. Sept. 1840. 2. Martha Louisa Fletcher, 
b. in Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 6, 1840. 3. 
Elizabeth Adams, b. in P., Jan. 14, 1843. 
4. Mary Caroline, b. in Lancaster, Ms,, July 
7, 1844. 5. Julia Maria, b. in Bolton, Ms., 
Mar. 14, 1846. 

573. iii. Julia Maria, 8 b. Mar. 21, 1817 ; d. May 2, 1819. 

574. iv. George Henry, 8 b. Dec. 18,1818; m. in Mobile, 

Ala., Mrs. Martha L. Morris Jan. 22, 1852. 

575. v. James Fosdick, 8 b. Sept. 22, 1820 ; m. Nov. 

1852, Ruth Ann Wilmarth. Painter. Ees. 
Pawtucket, R. I. 

576. vi. Julia Abigail, 8 b. Apr. 6, 1823, in Lancaster, 

Ms. ; m. Thomas A. Carney, Univ. min., May 
1, 1849. She is a lady of high literary talent, 
and a writer for some of the first-class peri- 
odicals. Children: 1. Amanda Joanna, b. 
in Wayne, Me., Feb. 9, 1850. 2. William 
Thomas, b. in Oswego, 111., July 8, 1852. 3. 
Julian Fletcher, b. Sycamore, 111., Oct. 15, 

1853. 4. Illinois, and 5. Maine, twins, b. 
May 5, 1855 ; d. young. 6. Jidia Louisa, b. 
in De Kalb, 111., Oct. 21, 1856 ; d. young. 7. 
Charles Henry, b. in Galesburg, 111., Sept. 3, 
1858; d. Apr. 13, 1869. 8. James Weston, 
b. in Gr., Mar. 2, 1862. 9. Eugene Francis, 
b. in GL, Nov. 3, 1867. 






FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PAET IV. 47 

577. vii. Charles Thornton, 8 b. Mar. 23, 1826 ; m. Apr. 

30, 1857, Mrs. S. Cornelia Jackman, in Fram- 
ingham, Ms. One dau., Lula Cornelia, d. 

578. viii. Martha Celestine. 8 

THOMAS 7 (515), b. Alstead, N. H., Apr. 3, 1787 ; m. 
Meline Degrasse Veron Sept. 29, 1818 ; kept at one time 
the Morris House in Philadelphia ; d. of a paralytic shock 
after one day's illness, Nov. 14, 1866, in Delano, N. J., 
where he was then residing. Children : 

579. i. Lewis Veron, 8 b. Mar. 29, 1820. 

580. ii. Eliza Sigourney, 8 b. Jan. 1824 ; m. Milton W. 

Lakens; d. Oct. 25, 1848. 

581. iii. Meline Degrasse, 8 b. in Philadelphia, Dec. 23, 

1825; m. George Dummiego Oct., 1847. 

582. iv. Thomas Sidney, 8 b. in P., Dec. 25, 1827. 

583. v. William Henry, 8 b. in P., Oct. 1, 1829. 

584. vi. Martha, 8 b. in P., May 1, 1832. 

585. vii. Daniel Webster, 8 b. Dec. 26, 1834. 

586. viii. Charles Edward, 8 b. Dec. 18, 1837. 

GEOKGE 7 (519), b. in Lancaster, Ms., June 1, 1796; 
rem. to Philadelphia, Pa., June, 1812, where he now res. ; 
m. Sophia C. Cunningham Nov. 28, 1820. Jeweller, and 
latterly in a bank. Of his ten children, five d. young, — 
four of these with scarlet fever, three of them within two 
days. They have celebrated with joy and thankfulness, that 
not very usual occurrence, the " golden wedding." Children : 

587. i. Mary S. 8 b. in Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 6, 1822 ; 

m. Alfred B. Justice, a merchant in P., Apr. 
7, 1842; d. June 6, 1849. 

588. ii. Louisa F. 8 b. in P., Nov. 27, 1823; m. Jona- 

than B. Mitchell, a bookseller in P. 

589. iii. George L. 8 b. in P., Nov. 21, 1825; d. Feb. 

26, 1832. 

590. iv. Eliza C. 8 b. Sept. 26, 1827 ; d. Feb. 25, 1832. 

591. v. Martha, 8 b. Oct. 16, 1829; d. Feb. 28, 1832. 

592. vi. Emma M. 8 b. May 2, 1832. d. Mar. 24, 1839. 

593. vii. William S. 8 b. in P., Sept. 3, 1834. Merchant. 

594. viii. George A. 8 b. Nov. 8, 1836. In war of the 

rebellion, 1st Reg. Phila. reserves. Under 
Gen. McClellan in the Antietain campaign. 
Merchant. 



48 FLETCHER GENEALOGY.— PART IV. 

595. ix. Horace A. 8 b. Jan. 16, 1839 ; d. Feb. 17, 1844. 

596. x. Melanie E. 8 b. Jan. 3, 1842 ; d. June 16, 1862. 

PHINEAS 7 (522), b. in Lancaster, Ms., May 5, 1791; 
m. Susan Hall ; 2d, Adelia Finch. Physician in Saratoga, 
N. Y. Issue : 

597. i. Susan, 8 m. Oscar A. Day, of Saratoga, N. Y. 

598. ii. Leonard. 8 

LEONARD 7 (525), b. in Lancaster, Ms., Oct. 23, 1796 ; 
m. Eleanor James. Grad. Columb. Coll. ; Bapt. min. ; d. in 
Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 16, 1859. Issue: 

599. i. Edward P. 8 lawyer in Oregon. 

600. ii. Amelia. 8 

601. iiii Leonard, 8 lawyer in Philadelphia. 

602. iv. Adeline. 8 

JOSHUA 7 (526), b. in Kingsbury, N. Y., Apr. 4, 1804. 
Grad. Madison Univ. ; Bapt. min. in Saratoga, N. Y., nine- 
teen yrs. M. Miss Mary Parmely ; D. D. by Mad. Univ. 
Present res. Wallingford, Vt. Children : 



603. 


i. 


Henry Jackson 8 +. 


604. 


ii. 


Leonard 8 -|— 


605. 


iii. 


Joshua 8 -|-. 


606. 


iv. 


Francis Way land 8 +. 


607. 


v. 


Mary E. 8 +. 


608. 


vi. 


Robert Milligan 8 +. 


609. 


vii. 


Sarah W. 8 



SIMON 7 (540), b. Sept. 6, 1798; m. Merriam East- 
man, of Rupert, Vt. Bapt. min., ordained in Wilton, N. H. 
Preached in several places in Vt. and N. H. ; d. in Chester, 
N. Y., Mar. 17, 1865. From early life to his death he was 
an earnest and faithful laborer in the cause of the Redeemer. 
Wife b. Aug. 6, 1796. Issue : 

610. i. Sarah Maria, 8 b. Aug. 1, 1828, in Wilton, N. H. 

611. ii. Lewis, b. in Grafton, N. H., Oct. 7, 1830. 

612. iii. Eleanor Viorna, 8 b. Nov. 21, 1831, in London- 

derry, N. H. The three last named all d. in 
one week in Jan. 1833. 

613. iv. Lenora, 8 b. Apr. 14, 1833, in Chester, N. H. ; 

m. Appleton Lathe, of Boston, Ms. Grad. 



FLETCHEB GENEALO GY.— PAR T IV. 49 

N. E. Fern. Med. College, and is now prac- 
tising medicine in Cambrklgeport, Ms. 

614. v. Orlando, 8 b. in Bridport, Vt., Jan. 24, 1836; 

d. same year. 

615. vi. Miron 8 +. 

616. vii. Daniel Eldridge, b. Dec. 25, 1840, in Monk- 

town, Vt. In the war of the rebellion, Co. 
A, 93d Reg. N. Y. vols. ; enlisted Aug. 14, 
1861, and re-enlisted Oct. 1863; promoted 
sergeant ; killed in the battle of the Wilder- 
ness. In his last letter to his father, dated 
six days before his death, he says : " But we 
cannot foretell what is before us ; yet if we 
are true to ourselves and our country, trust- 
ing in divine providence, we may believe, 
whatever the result, that it is for the best." 

LEWIS A. 7 (543), b. in Alstead, N. H., Oct. 10, 1804; 
m. Betsey M. Gregg, of Antrim, N. H., July 7, 1832. 
Paper manufacturer in Bennington, N. H. Rem. 1843, to 
Lowell, Ms. ; thence, 1853, to Wisconsin,, where he d. Aug. 
10, 1856. Issue : 

617. i. Lewis A., b. Apr. 25, 1836 ; d. Apr. 20, 1862. 

618. ii. Frank A. 8 +. 

619. iii. Elizabeth A. 8 

620. iv. Louisa M. 8 

621. v. Edna S. 8 

622. vi. Edward G. 8 b. Aug. 4, 1850. 



ELISHA 7 (545), b. Sept. 4, 1786; m. Abigail R. Day 
1809. Mason by trade in New York city, where he d. Oct. 
11, 1816. Abigail d. 1865. Issue : 

623. i. Mary Ellen, 8 m. Galen T. Porter; d. in White 

Plains, Oct. 26, 1870, ae. 60. 

624. ii. John Day 8 -f. 

625. iii. Elisha Rufus 8 +, ) 

626. iv. David Boynton 8 +, $ twms * 

^ ARTEMAS 7 (547), b. Oct. 10, 1790; m. Sarah Brooks. 

Shoemaker in Danbury, Geo. Issue : 

627. i. Augustus AY. 8 629. iii. Helen S. 8 

628. ii. James A. 8 



50 FLETCHEB GENEALOG Y. — TAB T IV. 

EUFUS 7 (551), b. Mar. 30, 1797; m. Lucinda Fisk, of 
Upton, Ms., 1822, where his children were b. Shoemaker. 
Eem. to Ohio and became a farmer. Issue : 

630. i. Lorenzo Fisk 8 +. 

631. ii. Charles Augustus, 8 b. June 19, 1825. Ees. 

Ohio. 

632. iii. Elias Sawyer, 8 b. Feb. 1, 1829; lawyer in 

Maysville, Ky. 

633. iv. Eufus Eudolphus, 8 b. Jan. 4, 1831; m. Susan 

Simms. Ees. Fort Smith, Ark. 

634. v. Lucinda Maria, 8 b. May 1, 1837. 

LEWIS 7 (554), b. Dec. 19, 1805; m. Sarah Phelps, of 
Lancaster, Ms., May 3, 1832. Shoemaker in W. Boylston, 
Ms.; d. Nov. 20, 1868. Issue: 

635. i. Sarah P. 8 b. May 13, 1835. Teacher. 

636. ii. Edward L. 8 b. July 2, 1837. Enlisted in 3d 

N. Y. Inf., and afterward in 4th Ms. Cav. in 
the war of the rebellion ; at the battle of Big 
Bethel and at the surrender of Lee. 

637. iii. Caroline M. 8 b. May 28, 1839. 

638. iv. George H. + 

639. v. Herbert B. 8 b. Sept. 28, 1846. 

640. vi. Amanda M. 8 b. Feb. 26, 1848. 

WILLIAM 7 (556), b. Nov. 19, 1807 ; m. Aug. 26, 1845, 
Drusilla Smith, of Henniker, N. H., who was b. July 21, 
1816, and d. Jan. 24, 1852; m. 2d, Nov. 24, 1859, Cath- 
erine Elizabeth, dau. of Daniel and Mary Carlin, who was 
b. in London, Eng., May 22, 1831. Farmer in W. Boyl- 
ston, Ms. Children: 

641. i. George Edson Warren, 8 b. July 29, 1846; 

sailor. 

642. ii. Emma Vrylina, 8 b. July 15, 1861. 

643. iii. William Henry, 8 b. June 5, 1863. 

OTIS 7 (557), lived on the old homestead, where his great 
grandfather settled, until 1867, when he rem. to Clinton, 
Ms. Dau. : 

644. Jane Augusta. 8 



FLETCHER GEXEALOG Y. — PAR T IV. 51 



EIGHTH GENERATION. 

HENRY J. 8 (60,3), b. in Saratoga, N. Y., July 8, 1830; 
m. Elizabeth J. Harper. Physician in Southington, Ct. 
Served as surgeon in 12th Ct. vols, three yrs. in the war ot 
the rebellion. Children : * 

645. i. Lillian Alice, 9 b. in New York city, Mar. 16, 

1855. 

646. ii. Henry Beaumont, 9 b. in Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 

18, 1856. 

647. iii. William Cameron, 9 b. in Southington, Oct. 16, 

1858. 

648. iv. Helen Delia, 9 b. in S., Mar. 23, 1862 ; d. Apr. 

9, 1863. 

649. v. Francis Wayland, b. in S., Dec. 10, 1866 J 

LEONAED 8 (604), b. in Saratoga, N. Y., June 11, 1838. 
In the war of the rebellion three yrs. ; 77 Reg. N. Y. vols. 
Lawyer in Cambridge, N. Y. 

JOSHUA 8 (605), b. in Saratoga, Mar. 31, 1841; drug- 
gist in Plants ville, Ct. 

FRANCIS W. 8 (606), b. in Saratoga, Apr. 29, 1843. 
Enlisted in the war of the rebellion, 30 Reg. N. Y. vols., 
and was killed at the battle of Bull Run, Aug. 30, 1862. 

MARY E. 8 (607), b. in S., July 16, 1845. 

ROBERT M, 8 (608), b. in Trenton, N. J., Jan. 31, 1848. 
He enlisted in the U. S. regular army, 1865, and d. of yellow 
fever, Sept, 22, 1867, in Texas. 

MIRON8 (615), b. inBridport, Vt.,Apr. 21, 1836; m. 
Miss Rosa Anthony Mar. 12, 1867 ; farmer in North Creek, 
N. Y. Children: 

650. i. Rosa, 9 b. Sept. 13, 1868. 

651. ii. Miron Eldridge, 9 b. Oct. 9, 1869. 

FRANK A. 8 (618), b. Feb. 23, 1838. In the war of the 
rebellion, Co. G, 2d N. H. vols. Served more than three 
yrs. He was in the 1st and 2d Bull Run, Yorktown, Mal- 
vern Hill, Fredericksburg, and other battles, and at Getty s- 



52 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PABT IV. 

burg was wounded. M. Ida Ladue Oct. 16, 1868. Paper 
maker in Newark, Del. Child : 

652. Flora Jane, 9 b, Jan. 20, 1871. 



JOHN D. 8 (624), b. Apr. 29,^1813; m. Emma Alison, 
who d. Apr. 12, 1860 ; -mechanic.* Children: 

653. i. Emma Eliza, 9 b. Nov. 21, 1838 ; m. W. E. Bab- 

bitt, 

654. ii. John Baron Stow, 9 b. June 12, 1841.. 

655. iii. Mary Ellen, 9 b. Feb. 6, 1843 ; d. July 11, 1855. 

656. iv. Walter Harris, 9 h. Jan. 4, 1845; d. Aug. 25, 

1846, 

ELISHA R. 8 (625), b. in Gloucester, Ms,, Nov. 16, 1816 ; 
m. Mary B. Rowe ; and 2d, Julyne Hyde. Res. New York 
city. Children : 

657. i. Harriet Maria, 9 b. in W. Boylston, Ms. ; d. ae. 6. 

658. ii. Albert Austin. 9 

659. iii. Adelaide Augusta, 9 b, in Charlestown, Ms. ; m. 

Pearson. 

660. iv. George Albert. 9 

661. v. Eveline Roella, 9 b, Charlestown, Ms. 

662. vi. Henry. Pennell, 9 

663. vii. Lewis Sidney. 9 

664. viii. Grosvenor Waters. 9 

665. ix. Alonzo B. 9 b. New York city, Dec, 26, 1857. 

666. x. Martha A. 9 

DAYID B. 8 (626), twin bro. of Elisha R. ; m. Sarah A. 

Smith ; d. in Boston, Ms. Children : 

667. i. Edward S. 9 d. ae. 10 mos. 

668. ii. David B. 9 

669. iii.. Edward S. 9 Through the war of the rebellion 

in 13th Mass. vols. 

LORENZO F. 9 (630), b. Mar. 15, 1823; m. Elizabeth 
E. Dawson, of St. Clair, O., June 10, 1845. Surveyor. 
Children : 

670. i. Mary Lucinda. 9 671. ii, Francis Jane. 9 

GEORGE H. 8 (638), b. in W. Boylston, Ms., Feb. 18, 
1842 : m. Oct. 14, 1869, Abbie A. Dana. Child : 
672. Clarence Dana, 9 b. July 31, 1870. 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PABT V. 53 



PART V. 

This branch is the largest one of the family, numbering 
720 names here recorded, including the Emerson, and other 
families in the female lines. 

FOURTH GENERATION. 

[Capt.] JOSEPH 4 f32), b. June 10, 1689, at Chelms- 
ford, Ms. ; m. Sarah Adams, of Concord, Ms., Nov. 17, 
1712. She was b. 1691, and d. Apr. 24, 1761. He cl. Oct. 
4, 1772. They settled and lived in Westford, Ms., where 
all their children were b., viz : 



673. 


i. 


Joseph 5 +. 


678. 


vi. 


Edith 5 +. 


674. 


ii. 


Benjamin 5 +. 


679. 


vii. 


Pelatiah 5 +.] 


675. 


iii. 


Timothy 5 +. 


680. 


viii. 


Joshua 5 +. „ 


676. 


iv. 


Thomas 5 +• 


681. 


ix. 


Ruth 5 -)-. 


677. 


v. 


Sarah. 5 


682. 


X. 


Mary 5 +. 



FIFTH GENERATION. 

JOSEPH 5 (673), b. Westford, Ms., July 6, 1713; m. 
Elizabeth Underwood May 21, 1735. Her father's family 
were as follows : 

Joseph Underwood b. 1681 ; d. Jan. 19, 1761 ; m, 
Susannah Parker, who was b. 1689 ; d. Feb. 18, 
1769 ; res. Westford. Children : Joseph, min. ; John 
drowned while in the army ; Timothy d. in Putney, 
Vt. ; Phineas d. in Merrimac, N. H. ; James d. in 
Litchfield ; Thomas ; Mary m. Col. Buckley ; Elizabeth 
b. Feb. 2, 1714, m. Joseph Fletcher, d. Nov. 23, 1802 ; 
Ruth m. Joshua Reed; Susannah d. young; Ama m. 
Benjamin Spaulding ; Bethiah m. Oliver Prescott, 
At about the time of their marriage they rem. and settled 
in Dunstable, where he bought six hundred acres of land at 
about twelve cents an acre, — then an almost unbroken 
wilderness. Here he lived fifty years, subduing and culti- 
vating the land, and was blest with a competence as the 
result of his industry. He was a leading man in the com- 
munity, and a pillar in the church ; a good citizen, and a 
devoted Christian. He d. July 17, 1784. All his nine chil- 
dren followed him to the grave, — eight of them with their 
companions. 



54 FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT V. 

The homes of Dea. Joseph and his sturdy sons, in close 
proximity, are interesting relics of by-gone days. About 
a mile and a half from the village of old Dunstable, on the 
Hollis road, we cross Jointgrass brook and ascend the hill 
beyond, and then leaving the old school-house on the left, we 
see, a few rods to the west, an old-fashioned two-story dwel- 
ling, with capacious barns. Here lived Thomas (684), the 
eldest son of Dea. Joseph, and reared his numerous family, 
of whom Francis, the youngest, still lives here. The house 
where Joseph (689), the third son of Dea. Joseph, settled 
and lived several years, stands a short distance north, and 
fronting the south, surrounded by five tall buttonwood trees. 
Still* farther north, about an eighth of a mile, a tall button- 
wood and four elms stand guardians of the ancient homestead 
where the father Joseph lived and died. His son Phineas, 
grandson Mark, and great grandson George W., have in turn 
owned the sacred spot, hallowed by thirty births and half as 
many deaths. 

Looking from here to the west of north, distant about an 
eighth of a mile, stand two houses about a stone's throw 
apart. The one with the tall buttonwoods was the residence 
of Jonathan (685), the second son of Dea. Joseph. In the 
other lived Jonathan's son Samuel (737). From Blanchard's 
hill may be seen the church spires of Pepperell, Hollis, and 
Londonderry. 

The daughters m. and settled in the vicinity. It is related 
that the family gatherings were enormous for numbers, such 
as the present day of small families cannot produce. Such 
thanksgivings ! 

The following incidents, which are authentic, read strangely 
to one now living on the spot. 

Joseph had gone to the nearest mill, which was in West- 
ford, about eight miles distant, and had to remain away over 
night, his wife remaining at home alone. In the evening, 
she heard something like the scream of a child. Stepping to 
the door, she encountered the glaring eyes of a catamount 
perched in a tree. She fastened the door, and then, fearing 
the animal might gain access through the window, she 
crawled into a barrel and contrived to get its open end 
against the wall and there passed the night. 

While Joseph was hoeing corn in the field one day, and 
his little daughter Susannah, who had been playing around 
him, had lain down on the greensward in the shade at the 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PABT V. 55 

side of the field and gone to sleep, he saw a large black bear 
.crossing the field and going directly toward the sleeping 
child. The gun was then always close at hand, and a well- 
directed shot saved the child. 

On one occasion, the flock of sheep came rushing down 
Blanchard's hill with a bear in full pursuit. But Bruin, in- 
stead of feasting on the mutton he was after, furnished the 
table with his own steaks. 

The mother was kind and tender-hearted toward her chil- 
dren, and when the boys were caught in mischievous pranks, 
she would whip them herself* and then report them to the 
father. She knew that her very gentle castigation would be 
an estoppel of any further punishment from the heavier hand 
of the father. 

A correspondent says : " Dea. Joseph was a remarkable 
man, — kind, benevolent, always self-possessed; he seemed 
like the patriarchs of old. He continued to have re-unions 
of his family twice a year till they numbered over sixty." 
Children : 

683. i. Elizabeth 6 +. 688. vi. Sarah 6 +. 

684. ii. Thomas 6 +. 689. vii. Joseph 6 +. 

685. iii. Jonathan 6 +. 690. viii. Lucy 6 +. 

686. iv. Susannah 6 +. 691. ix. Phineas 6 +. 

687. v. Amy 6 +. 

[Capt.] BENJAMIN 5 (674), b. in Westford, Ms., Aug. 
8, 1716; m. Bethiah Herrick June 29, 1744; his 2d wife 
was Elizabeth Symmes, widow of Capt. Caleb Symmes, and 
dau. of Kev. Willard Hall, the first pastor in Westford. 
Benjamin and Elizabeth were m. Feb. 9, 1779. Capt. Ben- 
jamin cl. Jan. 25, 1789; Bethiah d. Dec. 21, 1772. Their 
gravestones are in the east cemetery in Westford. Children 
all b. in Westford : 

692. i. Benjamin, 6 b. May 8, 1747. 

693. ii. Joseph, 6 b. July 18, 1749. 

694. iii. Bethia, 6 b. Nov. 7, 1751. 

695. iv. Rebecca, 6 b. Aug. 16, 1755. 

TIMOTHY 5 (675), b. Apr. 12, 1719; m. Bridget, dau. 
of Capt. Zachariah Richardson, of Chelmsford, Ms., awoman 
of distinguished piety, and the author of a small volume of 
hymns which was published by her son about 1774. They 
lived in Westford, where all their children were b., viz : 



56 FLETCHEE GENEALOGY. — PABT V. 

696. i. Elijah 6 +. 699. iv. Lucy 6 +. 

697. ii. Josiah 6 -!-. 700. v. Bridget 6 +, 

698. iii. Bridget 6 +. 701. vi. Jesse 6 +. 

THOMAS 5 (676), b. Mar. 10, 1721 ; m. Sarah -, who 

d. Apr. 3, 1813, ae. 76. He d. July 19, 1813. They lived 
in Westford, where their two children were b., viz : 

702. i. Thomas 6 +. 

703. ii. Patty, 6 b. June 12, 1771 ; d. Feb. 22, 1779. 

EDITH 5 (678), b. Apr. 8, 1725 ; m. Benjamin Carver, a 
shoemaker of Westford, a descendant of Grov. Carver's bro. 
Kobert, who settled in Marshfield in 1628. Benjamin was a 
son of Ensign David Carver, of Canterbury, Ct,, and b. 
Dec. 10, 1722, She d. Aug. 9, 1813. Their children were : 
1. Sarah, b. Sept. 13, 1746; d. in Ashby, Ms., July 21, 
1831. 2. Benjamin, b. June 31, 1748. 3. Jonathan, b. 
May 9, 1751 ; m. Mary Proctor. Eep. in Gen. Court several 
years ; d. Oct. 18, 1805. 4. Thomas, b. Sept. 4, 1755 ; m. 
Esther Tarble ; physician in Ashby, Ms. ; d. without issue, 
Oct. 7, 1815. 5. Edith, b. Oct. 30, 1757 ; m. Charles Proc- 
tor, a physician in Westford ; d. without issue, Oct. 20, 1781. 
6. Patty, b. Dec. 9, 1759 ; m. David Parker. ' She d. May 
10, 1788, leaving sons Benjamin C. and Thomas C, and 
dau. Martha. 7, Benjamin, b. Nov. 24, 1761. 8. Mary, 
b. Dec. 28, 1764; d. Mar. 15, 1767. 9. Rebecca, b. Feb. 
3, 1766 ; m. Thomas Symmes, a farmer, son of Capt. 
Caleb Symmes; d. Nov. 17, 1836, leaving Thomas, Edith, 
Edward, and Edmond, of whom Edward m. Rebecca Pierce 
Fletcher. 

V 

[Capt.] PELATIAH 5 (679), b. May 3, 1727 ; m. Doro- 
thy, dau. of James Hildreth, Jan. 13, 1757. She was b. 
Aug. 26, 1736 ; d. June 14, 1782. He m. 2d, widow Betty 
Keyes, nee Hartwell, Oct. 13, 1731. He was sent as a dele- 
gate from Westford to a convention of town committees held 
inDracut, Nov. 26, 1776; d. Feb. 23, 1807. Children all 
b. in W. : 

704. i. Betsey, 6 b. Dec. 15, 1757. 

705. ii. Dorothy, 6 b. Dec. 21, 1759 ; m. Sampson 

Fletcher (2024) ; d. May 12, 1828. 

706. iii. Joseph, 6 b. Nov. 6, 1761 ; d. Dec. 25, 1765. 

707. iv. Sarah, 6 b. Aug. 12, 1763; d. Aug. 22, 1783. 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART V. 57 

708. v. Lucy, 6 b. Nov. 14, 1765; d. July 1, 1766. 

709. vi. Pelatiah 6 +. 

710. vii. Joseph 6 +. 

711. viii. Lucy, 6 b. Feb. 12, 1771 ; m. Joseph Rockwood, 

of Groton, Ms., Nov. 26, 1789; d. Oct. 2, 
1806. 

712. ix. Adams, 6 b. March 10, 1773 ; d. Sept. 27, 1775. 

713. x. Ezra 6 +. 

714. xi. Polly, 6 b. Aug. 11, 1776; m. Abram Prescott 

Oct. 21, T798; d. Dec. 19, 1800. 

715. xii. Adams 6 -f-« 

[Dea.] JOSHUA 5 (680), b. Nov. 20, 1731 ; m. Elizabeth 
Raymond. Settled about two miles from the place of his 
birth, in the same town of Westforcl, where all his children 
were born. ; d. June 10, 1783. Issue : 

716. i. Levi 6 +. 

717. ii. Lyman 6 -f. 

718. iii. Joshua 6 +• 

719. iv. Paul, 6 b. Aug. 30, 1761. In the war of the 

revolution ; d. at Valley Forge. 

720. v. Isaac, 6 b. Oct. 26, 1763. 

721. vi. Elizabeth, 6 b. Jan. 1, 1766. 

722. vii. Abigail, 6 b. Aug. 23, 1768. 

723. viii. Patty, b. Apr. 20, 1771. 

724. ix. Sally, b. May 21, 1773. 

RUTH 5 (681), b. Aug. 28, 1733; m. Willard Hall, jr., 
son of the first min. in Westford, Jan. 16, 1755. 

MARY 5 (682), b. Aug. 29, 1735; m. Eleazer Fletcher 
(2011) Jan. 16, 1755. 



SIXTH GENERATION. 

ELIZABETH 6 (683), b. Apr. 27, 1736 ; m. Rev. Josiah 
Goodhue July 28, 1757. He was the first Cong. min. in 
Dunstable, Ms., and he afterwards went to Putney, Vt. She 
d. Oct. 22, 1793. Children: 

1 . Josiah, an eminent physician and surgeon in Putney , Vt. , 
and Hadley, Ms. ; m. Rachel Burr; m. 2d, Sophia Dicker- 
8 



58 FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — TAMT V. 

son ; left nine children. 2. Joseph, m. Martha Clay ; was 
twenty-one yrs. a surgeon in U. S. service ; had hVe chil- 
dren. 3.. Ubenezer, m. Lydia Ranney ; settled in West- 
minster, Vt. ;. dea. of Cong, church ; had ten children. 4. 
Eliza , ni. Peter Aiken, of Windham, Vt. ;• had six children. 

5. jSamuel B., d. unm. 6. JSTatlianiel* m„ Sargeant, a 

lawyer ; settled in Ohio ; three children. 

THOMAS 6 (684), b. Sept. 11, 1738; m. Eachel Cum- 
mings Apr. 30, 1761 ; d. Dec. 22, 1802. Children all b. in 
Dunstable : 

725. i. Thomas 7 +. 

726. ii. Nathaniel, 7 b. Feb. 5, 1764; m. Submit Fisk. 

He was over six feet in height ; capt. of mili- 
tia ; d. 1839. 

727. iii. Eachel, 7 b. 1765 ; m. Capt. Amos Joy, of Put- 

ney, Vt., 1788 ; d. Aug. 21, 1822. 

728. iv. David 7 +. 

729. v. Betsey, b. Nov. 8, 1769 ; m. Jonathan Fletcher 

(736) ; m. 2d, James Moore. Res. Thetford, 
Vt. ; d. Aug. 1857. 

730. vi. Rebecca, 7 b. Nov. 30, 1771 ; d. young. 

731. vii. Francis 7 +. 

732. viii. Rebecca, 7 b. Aug. 7, 1779; d. Feb. 5 r 1831; 

unm. 

733. ix. Patty, b. Oct. 26, 1781 ; m. Nathaniel Cum- 

mings, of Townsend ; d. Dec. 23, 1815. 

JONATHAN 6 (685), b. Mar. 30, 1741 ; m. Lucy Taylor 
Feb. 9, 1764. d. Mar. 30, 1813. Wife Lucy, b. Apr. 4, 
1742; d. July 17, 1801. He was six feet three inches in 
height, and weighed about two hundred and forty lbs. With 
a giant frame he had a strong intellect. He was a man of 
influence and of high standing in the community. He was 
commissioned by Gov. Hancock captain of militia, 1781. 
Children, all b. in Dunstable : 

734. i. Elizabeth, 7 b. May 17, 1766 ; m. Cum- 

mings ; m. 2d, Joseph Farrar; d. Oct. 28, 
1849. Joseph was b. 1758. 

735. ii. Leonard 7 +. 

736. iii. Jonathan 7 +. 

737. iv. Samuel 7 +. 



FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT V. 59 

738. v. Sarah, 7 b. Oct. 29, 1770; m. 1794, Hon. Ben- 
jamin Pool, of Hollis, N. H. ; d. Oct. 29, 
1860. Children: 1. Benjamin, and 2, Sally, 
twins, b. Jan. 2, 1795, and both d. Oct. 1797. 
3. William, b. and d. Aug. 1797. 4. Sarah 
JSr., b. Sept. 20, 1798; m. David Hoyt, of 
Hartland, Vt. ; d. at Muscatine, Iowa, Mar. 
23, 1864. They had one child, Sarah 
Hoyt, who m. George Mahan. 5. Benja- 
min Fletcher, b. July 11, 1800; m. Feb. 8, 
1824, Eebecca Spaulding Eastman, of Hollis, 
who was b. June 27, 1804. Children : 

1. Benjamin Bonaparte, b. July 23, 1824; m. Nov. 7, 
1854, Hester Ann Bonner; b. Oct. 22, 1827. 2. 
Susan Rebecca, b. Mar. 30, 1827; m. July 27. 1853, 
Thomas Proctor, of Hollis. Three children : Frank 
Farley, b. May 31, 1856? William Thomas, b. Nov. 
20, 1859. 3. James Van Buren, b. Feb. 28, 1829 ; 
m. 1st, Mary Corey, of Medway, Ms. ; b. in Men- 
don, Ms., Sept. 1, 1833; d. Nov. 29, 1863. M. 2d, 
Sarah Burton Wetherbee, of Boston ; b. in Mead- 
ville, Pa., Mar. 27, 1840. Children of first wife : 
William Frederic, b. in South Boston July 23, 1863. 
Of second wife : Emily Isabelle, b. in West Rox- 
bury Jan. 23, 1868 ; Caroline Nicholson and Susan 
Proctor, twins, b. in West Roxbury Mar. 15, 1870. 
4. William Fletcher, b. May 11, 1830; m. May 14, 
1860, Sylvia Ann Crego, of Boston; b. Sept. 17, 
1835 ; child George Baldwin b. at West Roxbury 
Feb. 5, 1868. 5. Sarah Frances, b. May 7, 1833. 

6. Lucy, b. Aug. 29, 1802 ; m. B. G. Cutter, 
of Hollis, N. H. ; d. at Louisville, Ky., July 
17,1836. They had: 

1. Benoni, d. young. 2. Lucy C, m. James Reynolds, 
and m. 2d, Llewellyn Williams. 3. Benjamin B., 
m. Maria Robinson. 

7. Hannah, b. July 27, 1804 ; m. Daniel Em- 
erson, of Hollis, N. H. They had : 

1. Daniel. 2. Hannah, d. young. 3. Elizabeth, m. 
Arad Balch, of Kalamazoo, Mich. 4. Hannah, d. 
young. 5. Frances, m. John Dumont, of Allegan, 
Mich. 6. Lucy. 7. Susan, m. John H. Mayhew, 
of Allegan, Mich. 

8. Susan F., b. Apr. 8, 1808; m. John H. 

Cutter, of Hollis, N. H. They had : 

1. S. Elizabeth, m. Milton J. Hardy, of Hollis, N. H. 
2. Ralph H. 3. John F. 4. Sarah C, d. young. 
5. Lucy F. 6. Catharine H., m. Charles M. Gaue, 
of Nashua, N. H. 7. Mary C. 8. William P., m. 
Clara E. Wright. 9. Sarah A. 



60 FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT V. 

9. John L., b. Mar. 30, 1810 ; m. Mary 

Boynton Feb. 26, 1834. They had : . 

1. John H., ra. Ellen L. Eunnells, of Hollis, N. H. 2. 
George L., d. young. 3. Charles M., d. young. 
4. Elizabeth M., m. Winslow J. Spalding, of Hol- 
lis, N. H. 

10. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 25, 1814; d. June 29, 
1835. 

739. vi. William, 7 b. Aug. 29, 1 772 ; d. Oct. 21, 1778. 

740. vii. Lucy, 7 b. Aug. 30, 1774; m. Hosea Hildreth. 

741. viii. Susannah, 7 b. June 6, 1776; d. young. 

742. ix. Joseph 7 +. 

743. x. Susannah, 7 b. Sept. 24, 1779 ; m. Oct. 16, 1809, 

John Smith, of Alstead, N. H. ; and 2d, Ben- 
jamin Farley, of Hollis, N.H. ; d. Oct. 29, 
1858. 

744. xi. Ama, 7 b. July 27, 1781 \ m. Oct. 4, 1803, 

Samuel Richardson, of Westford, Ms. Chil- 
dren : 1. Ama, b. June 16, 1805; m. Levi 
T. Fletcher (824) Apr. 15, 1825. 2. Samuel, 
b. Oct. 25, 1806 ; m. Olive Prescott ; has one 
dau., Amelia. 3. Mary, b. Aug. 8, 1808; 
m. Stow Hildreth, of Townsend, Ms., Jan. 
29, 1832, who d. Feb. 12, 1803 ; res. Groton, 
Ms. 4. Betsey, b. May 11, 1810; m. John 
S. Buck; d. June, 1851. 5. Lydia, b. Apr. 
12, 1812 ; m. Walter Wright, 1841. 6. Lucy 
T., b. May 18, 1814. 7. Susan, b. May 14, 
1816 ; d. July 9, 1817. 8. Sarah, b. June 
14, 1818. 

745. xii. Hannah, 7 b. Mar. 3, 1785; m. Apr. 14, 1806, 

Caleb Farley, of Bedford. Children : 1. 
Caleb F., m. Sally Hastings. 2. Hannah T., 
m. Heber Chandler. 3. Clarissa, m. Ezra M. 
Gay. 4. Caroline, m. Nathan Farley. 5. 
Adeline, m. Rodney McLane. 6. William. 
7. Sarah. 8. Henry, m. Eliza J. Richards. 

SUSANNAH 6 (6SQ), b. Oct. 27, 1743 ; m. Col. Ebenezer 
Bancroft, of Tyngsboro, Ms. 

Colonel Ebenezer Bancroft (Lt. Timothy, 4 Ebenezer, 3 
Thomas, 2 ) was b. in Old Dunstable (now Tyngsboro, Ms.) 
Apr. 1, 1738 ; he d. Sept. 22, 1827. His mother was 
Elizabeth Farwell, of Henry, 3 Joseph, 2 Henry, 1 of Concord. 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY/— PART V. 61 

She was a sister of Lt. Josiab Farwell, of Love well's com- 
pany in the Indian battle of Pigwacket, 1725, in which he 
was mortally wounded. Col. Bancroft was an ensign in the 
company of Capt. GofFe in the Indian and French war of 
1758, under Rogers and Stark; was a cjpt. in Bridges' regt. 
in the battle of Bunker Hill, in which he received wounds 
for which he was an iuvalid pensioner of Massachusetts, and 
afterward of U. S. ; was a major in the regt. of Col. John 
Brooks (afterwards Gov. of Ms.), in which he served at 
White Plains, and was Lt. Col. in command of troops from 
Middlesex county stationed at Rhode Island in 1781. She 
d. Oct. 4, 1803. 

Descendants of Col. Ebenezer Bancroft and Susannah 
Fletcher. 6 Children: 

1. Elizabeth, 1 b. Mar. 2, 1764; d. July 14, 1859. 

2. Susanna 1 b. May 26, 1766; d. Jan. 8, 1838. 

3. Chloe 1 b. Nov. 8, 1768 ; d. Jan. 17, 1807. 

4. Rebecca 1 b. Mar. 5, 1771 ; cl. July 11, 1797. 

5. Lucy 1 b. June 7, 1773; d. Apr. 14, 1849. 

6. Mary Dundridge 1 b. Nov. 14, 1775; d. Nov. 21, 

1858. 

7. Ebenezer, b. Qct. 19, 1778; 

8. Joseph Farwell, b. Oct. 22, 1783; cl. July 8, 1850. 
Elizabeth Bancroft, 7 m. Joseph Butterfield, a farmer, and 

rem. to Milford, Me. 

Susanna Bancroft, m. Rev. David Howe Williston, of Tun- 
bridge, Vt., and their children were : Susan Williston, 8 b. 
1796 \ d. 1798. John Payson Williston, 8 b. 1799 ; d. Nov. 
1, 1828. Ebenezer Bancroft Williston, 8 b. Dec, 1801 ; m. 
Almira, widow of Major Barton, U. S. A., and dau. of Capt. 
Isaac Partridge, of Norwich, Vt. Their children were : Ellen 
Williston, 9 b. June 23, 1830 ; m. May 6, 1857, Rev. Henry 
Steele Clarke, who was b. Sept. 20, 1816 ; d. Jan. 17, 1864. 
Res. Philadelphia, Pa. Their children : Edward Bancroft 
Clarke, 10 b. and d. 1835. Edward Bancroft Clarke, 10 b. July 
15, 1836. Brevet Col. U. S. A. ; m. July 20, 1868, Helen 
Beatrice Moore. David Howe Williston, 8 d. 1835. Florida 
Williston. 8 

Chloe Bancroft, 7 b. Nov. 8, 1768 ; d. Jan. 17, 1807 ; m. 
Oliver Richardson. Children of Chloe : Susan, 8 Charles, 8 
Ebenezer, 8 Roberts, 8 Frank, 8 Lucy, 8 Chloe. 8 

Ebenezer, 8 b. Mar. 1, 1799 ; m. Almira Read, b. Oct. 19, 
1811. Their children: 1. Oliver, 9 b. Nov. 17, 1835; m. 



62 FLETCHEB GENEALOGY.— PAET V. 

Belle Barry; b. 1841. 2. Edwin E. Richardson, 9 b. Nov. 
27, 1838. Ebenezer, 8 is a farmer living in Pepperell, Ms. 

Eebecca Bancroft, 7 b. Mar. 5, 1771 ; m. Samuel Howard, 
and lived in Tvngsboro, Ms., and had Rebecca, b. Oct. 25, 
1790, d. Aug/25, 1793 ; m. 2d, Nov. 18, 1795, Rev. Eben- 
ezer Hill, who was b. Jan. 31, 1766, d. May 20, 1854 ; and 
they had Joseph Bancroft 8 and John Boynton, 8 twins, b. 
Nov. 35, 1796, both of whom grad. Harv., 1821. The first 
of these twins, Joseph B., was a faithful and distinguished 
minister of the gospel, and was killed by a railroad accident, 
June 16, 1864, at Chattanooga, leaving children: Charles 
Ebenezer, 9 William Bancroft, 9 and Joseph Adna. 9 The 
second of the twins, John B., is a distinguished lawyer, leg- 
islator, and author. Res. Mason, N. H. He m. Aug. 10, 
1829, Achsah Parker, and had one son, b. and d. Mar., 1831. 

Lucy Bancroft, 7 b. June 7, 1773 ; d. Apr. 14, 1849 ; m. 
1st, Gardner Towne, Esq. ; 2d, — — Warren. Lived in 
Stoddard, N. H. Children of Gardner and Lucy Towne : 
Christiana, 8 Rebecca, 8 Chas. Gardner, 8 Orr Noble, 8 Ebenezer 
Bancroft, 8 Lucy. 8 

Orr Noble, 8 b. June 6, 1806 ; d. Apr. 7, 1854 ; m. 
May 10, 1829, Louisa Atherton Carlton; b. Oct. 29, 1807. 
Lived in Boston. Merchant. Children: 1. Orr Noble, 9 b 
Feb. 26, 1830; d. Dec. 29, 1831. 2. Orr Noble, 9 b. Nov. 
24, 1833. 3. Louisa Caroline, 9 b. May 7, 1836; d. Nov. 
12, 1851. 4. Abraham Carlton, 9 b. Aug. 5, 1838 ; d. Mar. 
14, 1841. 5. William Henry Harrison, 9 b. Feb. 17, 1842; 
d. Nov. 2, 1865. 6. Henry Clay, 9 b. June 25, 1864. 

Orr Noble, 9 b. Nov. 24, 1833; m. Mar. 8, 1860, Han- 
nah Cannel Taylor, of Stoddard, N. H. Children : Loira 
Carlton, 10 b. May 15, 1863; d. Sept. 13, 1865. Orr 
Noble, w b. Mar. 5, 1867. Edith Elvene, 10 b. Feb. 3, 1870. 

Lucy B. Towne, 8 dau. of Gardner and Lucy, 7 b. Sept. 
14, 1811 ; m. Feb. 3, 1831, Thompson Chandler ; b. in Stod- 
dard, Oct. 25, 1805. Children : 1. Solon F. Chandler, 7 (Far- 
mer) b. in Cincinnati, O., Dec. 13, 1833; m. Dec. 1, 1862, 
Maria F. Calkins; b. in Bangor, Me., Nov. 8, 1834. 2. 
Albert B. Chandler, 9 b. in Macomb, 111., Nov. 20, 1838. 
Merchant in Gainesville, Mo. 3. Mary Almeda Chandler, 9 
b. in Macomb, Sept. 5, 1841 ; m. Feb. 1, 1865, Crosby F. 
Wheat. Lawyer ; b. Apr. 1, 1835, in Cayuga co., N. Y. 4. 
Charles Gardner Chandler, 9 b. in Macomb, Sept. 25, 1845. 



FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT V. 63 

Merchant in Chicago. Children of Crosby F. Wheat and 
Mary, 9 his wife: Lucy Almeda Wheat, b. July 7, 1866. 
Mary Almira Wheat, b. June 29, 1869. 

Mary D. Bancroft, 7 b. Nov. 14, 1775 ; m. Jonathan Bar- 
ron, who was b. 1769; d. Aug., 1821. She m. 2d, 

Brooks, of Dalton, N. H. Children : Mary Barron, 8 b. 
1797; m. Moses Pierce, a merchant in Boston; d. 1854. 
Their children : Winslow S., 9 Franklin B., 9 George, 9 Olive. 9 

Harriet Barron, 8 2d child of Jonathan Barron, b. 1800; 
d. Oct. 31, 1850; unm. George Barron, 8 3d child of Jona- 
than Barron, b. Mar., 1802 ; d. Dec. 31, 1828 ; unm. Re- 
becca Dandridge Barron, 8 4th child of Jonathan Barron, b. 
Aug. 27, 1805; m. Mar. 18, 1827, Curtis Stearns; b. July 
24, 1794; d. May 2, 1868. Their children: Rebecca 
Stearns, 9 b. Oct. 6, 1828; d. Nov. 1, 1828. Mary G. 
Stearns, 9 b. Mar. 21, 1831 ; d. Oct. 20, 1852. Eebecca 
B. Stearns, 9 b. Feb. 28, 1834; d. June 21, 1835. Helen 
F. Stearns, 9 b. Nov. 25, 1836; d. Aug. 10, 1839. Fran- 
ces A. Stearns, 9 b. Mar. 25, 1839 ; m. Dec. 25, 1859, Silas 
M. Bates, who was b. Nov. 14, 1814. Issue : Mary G. 
Bates, io b. Mar. 10, 1861. Edward S. Bates, 10 b. Pec. 3, 
1864. 

William Barron, 8 5th child of Jonathan Barron, b, Sept. 
10, 1810; m. Feb. 19, 1835. Eliza Carpenter, who was b. 
Dec. 29, 1812. Their children: Eliza E. Barron, b. July 
16, 1836 ; d. Sept. 16, 1836. Helen E. Barron, 9 b. Dec. 23, 
1837. William F. Barron, 9 b. May 4, 1840; d, Oct, 10, 
1843, Louisa R. Barron, 9 b. Jan. 31, 1843. Mary F. Bar- 
ron, 9 b. May 28, 1847; d. Aug. 16, 1850. Frances A. 
Barron, 9 b. July 21, 1850. 

Joseph Farwell Bancroft, 7 m. Sarah Tyng Farwell, who 
was b. Mar. 9, 1789 ; d. Jan. 14, 1861. Res. Tyngsboro, 



AMA 6 (687), b, Apr. 7, 1746 ; m.Nov. 16, 1767, Daniel 
Emerson, of Hollis, N. H., who was b. Dec. 15, 1746, and 
d. Oct. 4, 1820. She d. Nov. 22, 1795. 



64 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART Y. 



DESCENDANTS OF DANIEL AND AMY EMERSON. 

Children : 

1. Ama 1 b. Aug. 20, 1769; m. Eev. Eli Smith; d, 

Aug. 4, 1860. 

2. Daniel, 1 b. in Hollis, N. H., July, 1771 ; grad. Har- 

vard, 1794; m. Esther Frothingham. Commenced 
preaching, 1806, at Dartmouth, Ms., where he d. 
Nov. 16, 1808. Wife d. Mar. 14, 1849, ae. 79. 

3. Hannah, 7 b. Dec. 7, 1773 ; m. Rev. Nathaniel Hall 

Jan. 22, 1798, who d. July 31, 1820. She d. May 
22, 1832. 

4. Joseph, 1 b. Oct., 1777; m. Nancy Eaton ; m. 2d, 

Eleanor Reid ; m. 3d, Rebecca Hasseltine, who 
was b. Aug. 1782, and d. Feb. 13, 1854. Nancy 
d. June 15, 1804. Eleanor was b, Dec. 19, 1777, 
and d. Nov. 1808. He was a Cong. min. ; d. 
May 3, 1833. 

5. Ralph 1 b. Aug. 18, 1787; grad. Yale, Sept. 1811. 

Andover Theol. Sem. ; Cong. min. in Norfolk, Ct., 
1816; m. Eliza Rockwell Nov. 27, 1817. Prof, 
in And. Theol. Sem., 1829 to 1854 ; rem. to Rock- 
ford, 111., where he d. May 20, 1863. 

6. Samuel 1 b. Nov. 9, 1791 ; d. Sept. 14, 1797. 

7. William 1 b. Nov. 9, 1791 ; m. Sarah Jewett Apr. 

18, 1814, who d. Aug. 24, 1837 ; m. 2d, Mary 
Rice. Ensign in war of 1812. Res. Auburn, 
Ms. 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — TAUT V. 65 



GRANDCHILDREN OF DANIEL AND AMA 6 EMERSON. 

Children of Rev. Eli and Ama Smith : Daniel Emerson 
Smith, 8 d. young. Ama Smith, 8 b. Mar. 29, 1798 ; m. Rev. 
Noah Emerson, who d. July 8, 1860. She d. Jan. 8, 1864. 
Luther Smith, 8 b. Aug. 11, 1800. Grad. Brown Univ. 1824. 
Lawyer. M. Lucretia Coldwell ; m. 2d, Effie Moody. Their 
children were William W. Smith, 9 and John E. Smith. 9 

Catharine Hannah Smith, 8 4th child of Rev. Eli and Ama 
Smith, b. Aug. 15, 1802; m. Rev. Darwin Adams, Cong, 
min. in Groton, Ms. Their children : George Darwin Ad- 
ams, 9 b. Apr. 18, 1830. Daniel Emerson Adams, 9 b. Jan. 
22, 1832. Mary Emily Adams, 9 b. Apr. 1, 1835 ; d. July 
5, 1855. Catherine Lucretia Adams, 9 b. Nov. 12, 1836; d. 
Dec. 31, 1845. John Smith Adams, 9 b. Oct. 1, 1839. In 
the war of the Rebellion. 

Joseph Emerson, 8 5th child of Rev. Eli and Ama 7 Smith, 
b. Dec. 14, 1804 ; m. Charlotte Richardson. Their children : 
Daniel Emerson Smith, 9 b. Nov. 2, 1852. Joseph Richardson 
Smith, 9 b. Aug. 18, 1856. 

John, 8 6th child of Rev. Eli and Ama 7 Smith, b. Feb. 
12,1806. Grad. Amherst ; physician; m. Sarah Warfield. 
Their children: Sarah Warfield Smith, 9 b. Sept. 1, 1837. 
Amy Emerson Smith, 9 b. Feb. 6, 1839. Ruth Ann Smith, 9 
b. Mar. 12, 1841. Benjamin Warfield Smith, 9 b. Dec. 29, 
1843. John Rockwell Smith, 9 b. Dec. 29, 1847. 



Children of Daniel and Esther 7 Emerson : Daniel, 8 b. Aug. 
8, 1798 ; m. Hannah Pool, dau. of Benjamin Pool (738) ; 
merchant in Allegan, Mich. 

Elizabeth, 8 b. Aug. 29, 1800, at Hollis, N. H. ; m. Wil- 
liam S. Bradbury, a merchant ; d. Oct. 4, 1870. 

Edward,* b. Oct. 1, 1802, in Hollis, N. H. ; m. Hannah 
C. Pierce, who d. Jan. 24, 1870. Merchant in Allegan, 
Mich. 

Charles,* b. and d. 1805. 

Benjamin F.,8 b. July 3, 1806, in Hollis, N. H. Grad. 
Union Coll. ; m. Eliza Kendall ; lawyer in Nashua, N. H. 

Joseph, 8 b. Sept. 1808 ; m. Sarah Davis ; m. 2d, Martha 
. Grad. Yale Coll. ; min. 



66 FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT V. 

Child of Rev. Nathaniel and Hannah 7 Hall : Hannah 
Hall,s b. Nov. 9, 1798 ; d. June 12, 1846 ; m. Rev. Abijah 
Craine Sept. 23, 1823 ; d. in Clinton, N. Y., June 12, 1846. 
Their children : Edwin Hall Crane, 9 b. in Hampton, N. Y., 
May 31, 1825. Grad. Hamilton Coll. 1844; Pres. min., 
missionary to the Nestorians, and d. on his field of labor 
Aug. 28, 1854, leaving 1st, Morris Grant Crane, 10 b. 1853, 
d. Sept. 6, 1854. 2d^ Edwin Hall Crane, 10 b. Nov. 6, 1854. 
Res. New York city. 

Louis H. de Loss Crane, 9 b. July 7, 1826; d. Aug. 9, 
1862. Grad. Hamilton Coll., 1845 ; studied law with Hon. 
Willis Hall, New York city; admitted to the bar 1849. 
Rem. to Beloit, Wis., 1853. For a number of years chief 
clerk of the lower house of the Wis. leg. Offering his ser- 
vices to the government at the outbreak of the great Rebel- 
lion, he rose rapidly from a 2d lieutenancy in the 3d Wis. 
of vols, to Lieut. Col., participating in all the actions of that 
regiment till he met his death at the battle of Cedar Moun- 
tain, Va., while heroically rallying his men at the last stand 
made on that disastrous day ; m. Lucy Burrall, Stockbridge, 
Ms., May, 1853. A number of children d. in infancy; but 
one survived. Mary Crane, 10 b. Beloit, Wis., Nov. 1857. 

Helen Ernest Crane, 9 b. Hampton, N. Y., Oct. 18, 1828; 
d. Jan., 1856. 

James Eeles Crane, 9 b. Hampton, N. Y., Aug. 17, 1830. 
In the war of the Rebellion; 2d lieut. 3d Wis. reg. ; in the 
battles of Chancellors ville and Gettysburg, receiving honor- 
able mention from the generals commanding. Merchant in 
Paris, France; m. Elizabeth Colman, Warren, Conn., Mar. 
1, 1866. One child: Spencer Colman Crane, 10 b. in New 
York city, Dec. 19, 1868. 

Emilia Royce Crane, 9 b. in Utica, N. Y., Jan. 18, 1834; 
m. Charles Anthony. Have one child : Herbert Anthony, 10 
b. Dec. 20, 1868. 
* George Whitfield Crane, 9 b. Mar. 21, 1836 ; d. Mar. 1863. 



2d child of Nathaniel and Hannah 7 Hall : Willis Hall, 8 b. 
Apr. 1, 1801 ; d. July 14, 1867. Grad. Yale Coll. A dis- 
tinguished lawyer and statesman. He was att'y gen. of the 
State of N. Y. during the administration of Gov. Seward, 
and the intimate and confidential friend of Henry Clay. 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART V. 67 

3d child of Nathaniel and Hannah Hall 7 : Nathaniel Em- 
mons Hall, 8 b. Dec. 12, 1803; res. Granville, N. Y. ; m. 
Mary Fell. Their surviving children are Daniel Edwin 
Hall, 9 and Sarah Jane Hall. 9 



4th child of Nathaniel and Hannah 7 : Eichard Baxter 
Hall, 8 b. Oct. 29, 1807. Physician in California. 



5th child of Nathaniel and Hannah 7 : Daniel Emerson 
Hall, 8 b. May 9, 1810. Grad. Yale Coll. , 1833. Lawyer in 
Mobile, Ala., where he d. Apr. 24,. 1852 ; m. Delphine E. 
Kennedy, and left three children, viz : Willis Emerson, 9 
who is settled in North Carolina as a planter ; m. Sallie C. 
Brown, of Mocks ville, N. C. They have two children, viz : 
Delphine, 10 and Willis Edwards. 10 Daniel's dan. Delphine 9 
m. Maj. T. J. Brown, of Mockville, N. C. 



6th child of Nathaniel and Hannah 7 : David Brainard 
Hall, 8 b. Mar. 16, 1812. Grad. Union Coll., 1838 ; studied 
theology at Princeton, N. J. ; settled at Duonsville, N. Y., 
as pastor of the Ref. church ; m. Jane Dayton, of Middle 
Granville, N. Y., and has three daughters. 



7th child of Nathaniel and Hannah 7 : Edwards Hall, 8 b. 
Oct. 16, 1818. Grad. Hamilton Coll., 1840; physician in 
New York city ; m. Margaret Matilda, clau. of Judge Cham- 
bers, of Trenton, N. J. They have two children : Charlotte 
Chambers 9 and Sarah Frances. 9 



Child of Joseph 7 Emerson and Eleanor his wife : Nancy, 8 
b. 1806; d. Dec. 16, 1864. 

Children of the same, and Rebecca his 3d wife : Luther, 8 
b. Nov. 29, 1810; d. Feb. 9, 1867; grad. Amherst Coll., 
1831, and Andover Theol. Sem., 1835 ; m. Catherine Minor. 



68 FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT V. 

Pres. min. Luther and Catherine had : Anne R. H. 9 b. Oct. 
20, 1845; d. Dec. 29,1851. Ellen, 9 b. Mar. 18, 1848. John 
Knox, 9 b. Dec. 28, 1849; d. Feb. 6, 1851. Joseph Bax- 
ter, 9 b. Apr. 13, 1854. 

Alfred, 8 b. Apr. 5, 1812. Grad. Yale, 1834. M. Martha 
E. W. Vose. Prof, in Western Reserve Coll. for some 
years; now Cong. min. Edwin, 8 b. 1814 ; d. 1816. Elea- 
nor, 8 b. 1817 ; d. 1819. Ellen, 8 b. Dec. 1819 ; d. Jan. 23, 
1848. Edwin, 8 b. 1821 ; d. 1840. John, 8 b. Apr. 2, 1823 ; 
d. Nov. 19, 1851. Ann Rebecca, 8 b. and d. 1828. 



Children of Ralph 7 and Eliza Emerson: Daniel, 8 grad. 
West. Reserve Coll. ; m. Miss Harriet N. Wilson. Their 
children : Mary Aurelia W. Emerson, 9 b. Mar. 3, 1839 ; d. 
Mar. 1859. Charlotte Lorena Emerson, 9 b. July 14, 1846. 
William Bannister Emerson, 9 b. July 28, 1848. Eliza Maria 
Emerson, 9 b. June 5, 1853 ; d. Mar. 23, 1865. Ralph Wil- 
cox Emerson, 9 b. Jan. 3, 1856. Minnie J. Emerson, 9 b. 
Dec. 10, 1857. Jnlia May Emerson, 9 b. Apr. 23, 1860. 
May Harriet Emerson, 9 b. and d. 1863. 

Mary, 8 b. Nov. 22, 1819 ; m. Joseph Haven, a Cong. min. 
and Prof, in Amherst Coll. and in Chicago Theol. Sem. 
Their children : Joseph Aster Haven, 9 b. 1841 ; d. 1844. 
Elizabeth Haven, 9 b. Dec. 15, 1843. , Mary Emerson Haven, 9 
b. Feb. 15, 1846; d. May, 1865. Alice Haven, 9 m. Rev. 
James Danforth, and they have one child : James R. Dan- 
forth, 10 b. July, 1868. Ada Haven, 9 b. Mar. 1849. Clara 
Louisa Haven, 9 b. Sept. 27, 1853; d. June, 1865. Joseph 
Haven, 9 b. July 30, 1855. Charlotte Belle Haven, 9 b. Jan. 
21, 1858; d. Aug. 17, 1859. Ralph Emerson Haven, 9 b. 
Jan. 28, 1860. Henry Haven, b. 1862; d. Mar. 16, 1863. 

Joseph, 8 b. May 28, 1821 ; m. Mary C. North. Grad. 
Yale Coll. ; studied divinity at Andover and Yale, and was 
twenty years Prof, in BeloitColl. Their children: Ralph 
Emerson, 9 b. and d. 1855. Charles Alvin Emerson, 9 and 
Clara Eliza Emerson. 9 

Rockwell, 8 b. Feb. 27, 1823; m. Mary Hawley. Grad. 
Yale Coll. Res. New York city. Their children : Charlotte 
Emerson, 9 b. May 28, 1859. Benjamin Emerson, 9 b. Feb. 
3, 1861. Mary Louisa Emerson, 9 b. Nov. 3, 1863. Eliza- 
beth Emerson, 9 b. July 9, 1865. Alice Emerson, 9 b. and 
d. 1867. Adeline Emerson, 9 b. July 7, 1868. 



FLETCHEE GENEALOGY. — PART V. 69 

Samuel, 8 b. May 9, 1827. Grad. Yale Coll. ; studied 
divinity at Anclover Theol. Sem. 

Ralph, 8 b. May 8, 1831 ; m. Adeline E. Talcott ; manu- 
facturer in Rockford, 111. Issue : Adeline Eliza Emerson, 9 
b. Aug. 13, 1859. Harriet Elizabeth Emerson, 9 b. Mar. 8, 
1861. Mary Emerson, 9 b. Apr. 6, 1863. Charlotte Belle, 9 
b. Jan. 22, 1865. Ralph Emerson, 9 b. Sept. 25, 1866. Dora 
Bay, 9 b. Mar. 7, 1869. Joseph Falcott, b. and d. Aug. 
1870. 

Ebenezer Porter, 8 machinist in Rockford, 111. 

Elizabeth, 8 m. Rev. S. J. Humphrey. Their children: 
William Brewster Humphrey, 9 b. Dec. 1867. Arthur Em- 
erson Humphrey, 9 b. Sept. 1869. 

Charlotte, 8 teacher. 



Children of William 7 and Sarah Emerson : 

William Francis, 8 b. Apr. 29, 1815; d. Sept. 24, 1834. 

Sarah Maria, 8 b. Mar. 30, 1817. 

Charles Henry, 8 b. Feb. 24, 1819; m. Miss Caroline O. 
Hay ward, who was b. July 10, 1819. Their child : Charles 
Francis Emerson, b. July 6, 1845 ; cl. July 10, 1860. 

Mary Jewett, 8 b. Aug, 11, 1821 ; d. Aug. 24, 1855. 

Daniel Lorenzo, 8 b. Sept. 20, 1823 ; m. Ellen A. Ken- 
drick, and their children are : Daniel Frank Emerson, 9 b. 
July 5, 1846. Ella Jane Emerson, 9 b. May 1, 1848. Charles 
Herbert Emerson, 9 b. May 25, 1850. Mary Jewett Emer- 
son, 9 b. Apr. 30, 1853. Ama Fletcher Felton Emerson. 9 



Children of Daniel Emerson 8 and Hannah Pool : Daniel 
Emerson, 9 d. Feb. 22, 1858. Hannah, 9 d. young. Eliza- 
beth, 9 m. A. C. Balch, and their children : Emerson Balch, 10 
Frank Balch, 10 Grace Balch, 10 Guv Balch, 10 and Fletcher 
Balch. 10 

Frances, 9 d. 1852. Lucy. 9 Susan, 9 b. Feb. 28, 1861. 



Children of William S. Bradbury and Elizabeth Emerson- 8 : 
Elizabeth E. 9 b. Aug. 18, 1826 ; m. Amos D. Nourse. 
WiUiam F. 9 b. May 17, 1829 ; m. Margaret Jones. Grad. 



70 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART V. 

Amherst Coll. Teacher. Their children : William H. Brad- 
bury, 10 b. July 28, 1858. Marion Bradbury, 10 b. Dec. 1, 
1863. 

Edward E. 9 b. Feb. 7, 1839 ; m. Sarah Jane Sykes Nov. 
26, 1856. Lawyer in New York city. Their children: 
Harriet Bowker Bradbury, 10 b. Dec. 23, 1863. Alice Emer- 
son Bradbury, 10 b. Aug. 20, 1865. Edward Gatling Brad- 
bury, 10 b. June 14, 1870. 

Charles Fletcher, 9 b. Apr. 10, 1836; d. Dec. 9, 1854. 

Esther Caroline, 9 b. June 24, 1839. 

Charlotte Ann, 9 b. Mar. 24, 1844 ; m. Edwin A. Eaton 
Aug. 23, 1864. Their child: Mabel Eaton, 10 b. June 10, 
1867. 



Children of Edward Emerson 8 and Hannah Pierce : Han- 
nah Elizabeth, 9 b. Feb. 7, 1846; d. Feb. 17, 1853. Sarah 
Frances, 9 b. Apr. 30, 1847. Mary Esther, 9 b. Sept. 24, 1851. 
Elizabeth, 9 b. May 26, 1857. Daniel. 9 b. Aug. 26, 1859. 



Children of Benjamin F. Emerson 8 and Eliza Kendall: 
Benjamin K. 9 b. Dec. 20, 1843. Grad. Amherst Coll. 1865, 
and Univ. of Gottingen, German v, 1869. Prof, at Amherst 
Coll. Charles E. 9 b. Oct. 11, 1846. Grad. Dart. Sci. 
Dept. 1870. 



Children of Joseph Emerson 9 and Sarah Davis : Edward 
Davis. 9 Mary, 9 d. 1853. 

SAKAH 6 (688), b. Sept. 20, 1749; m. Jonathan East- 
man, of Hollis, N. H., Sept. 13, 1770. Children : 1. Joseph 
F., b. Jan. 14, 1772 ; physician in Hollis, N. H. ; m. Aba- 
gail Blanchard, of Nashua, N. H. ; d. Sept. 20, 1865. 2. 
Jonathan, b. Feb. 8, 1780; grad. Dart. Coll. 1803 ; Capt. 
U. S. army ; commanded at the battle of Brownstown, Aug. 
1812 ; m. Eleanor McNiff ; d. in Hollis, Apr. 6, 1827. 

JOSEPH 6 (689), b. June 18, 1752; m. Molly Cum- 
mings, and settled in Dunstable ; m. 2d, a widow Read, and 
rem. to Pepperell, Ms. ; d. Dec. 26, 1832. Children : 

746. i. Polly, 7 m. Daniel Lovejoy, and settled in Hol- 
lis, N. H. 



FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT V. 71 

747. ii. Isaac 7 -f. 

748. iii. Catharine. 7 

749. iv. Betsey, 7 m. William Merrill, and settled in Hol- 

lis, N. H. Her clau. Elizabeth m. Isaac F. 
Fletcher (870). 

750. v. Joseph 7 +. 

LUCY 6 (690), b. Apr. 16, 1755 ; m. Benjamin Farley, of 
Brookline, N. H., June 18, 1780. Children : 1. Betsey, and 
2, Sarah, twins, b. June 3, 1751, of whom Betsey m. Dr. 
Noah Hardy, of Hollis, N. H. ; d. Apr. 14, 1861. 3. Ben- 
jamin Mark, b. Apr. 8, 1783 ; grad. Harv. 1804 ; lawyer 
in Hollis, N. H. ; d. Sept., 1865. 4. Lucy, b. Dec. 26, 
1784; unm. 5. Luther, b. Dec. 25, 1786. Grad. Dart. 
Coll.; physician in Francestown, N. H., and afterwards 
merchant in Manchester, N. H., where he d. Apr. 2, 1860, 
without issue. 6. Charles, b. Oct. 13, 1788. 7. Benjamin, 
b. Feb. 20, 1791. 8. George Frederic, b. Apr. 5, 1793; 
grad. Harv. 1816 ; lawyer in New Ipswich, N. H., and 
afterwards in Groton, Ms., where he d. Nov. 8, 1855. 9. 
Percy, b. Sept. 12, 1798. 10. Clarissa, b. Nov. 12, 1801 ; 
m. O. P. Eaton, of Francestown, N. H. 

PHINEAS 6 (691), b. Nov. 28, 1757; m. Nov. 16, 1783, 
Anna Burge ; m. 2d, Mar. 10, 1796, widow Alice Emerson. 
He was a stalwart man six feet in height, and many anecdotes 
are related of his physical power. He was an excellent and 
eminently pious man. He was a worthy successor to his 
father, Dea. Joseph, as the occupant of the homestead, where 
all his children were b. ; d. July, 1833. Issue : 

751. i. Anna, 7 b. Oct. 29, 1784; m. Nathaniel Cum- 

mmgs, of Townsend, Ms: ; rem. to Mason, 
N. H. 

752. ii. Mark, 7 b. Aug. 19, 1786; d. in infancy. 

753. iii. Sewall, 7 b. Oct. 19, 1788; d. in infancy. 

754. iv. Mark 7 +. 

755. v. Betsey, 7 b. Oct. 2, 1792; m. S. P. Sloan, of 

Medway, Ms. ; m. 2d, Gilbert Brooks, of 
Medford, and afterwards rem. to Deny, N. H. 

756. vi. Charlotte, 7 b. May 11, 1794; d. in infancy. 

757. vii. Indiana, 7 b. Dec. 13, 1796; m. Dea. Joseph 

Whitney, of Nashua, N. H. 

758. viii. Sally, 7 b. Oct. 15, 1798; d. young. 



72 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART V. 

759. ix. Sally A. 7 b. Nov. 2, 1799 ; m. James Patterson, 

of Lunenburgh, Ms. Rem. to Clinton, Ms. 

760. x. Lucy, 7 b. Sept. 18, 1801. 

761. xi. Jane, 7 b. Mar. 12, 1804; d. Mar. 22, 1834. 



ELIJAH 6 (696), b. in Westford, Ms., June 8, 1747 ; m. 
Eebecca Chamberlin, of W., May 24, 1773; grad. Harv. 
Univ. 1769. He was the second Cong. min. at Hopkinton, 
N. H., where he was ordained Jan. 27, 1773, and where he 
d. Apr. 8, 1786. "He was the patron of President Webber, 
of Harvard University, whom he found a poor boy in his 
parish, but possessed of native genius. Mr. Fletcher pre- 
pared him for college, and assisted him in procuring an edu- 
cation. The president ever acknowledged his obligations to 
his early instructor and friend." 

His widow m. Rev. Christopher Paige, and d. July 9, 1821. 

We have the following anecdote of Elijah's boyhood : 
When about twelve years of age, he was for some reason 
allowed, one Sunday morning, to remain at home from meet- 
ing. A neighbor had just set out in front of his house some 
young elm trees, and himself and family had gone to meet- 
ing. Little Elijah dug up the elms, and transplanted them 
to the front of his father's house, before the meeting was 
over. The neighbor, astonished to see his trees gone over 
to Mr. Fletcher's, would not, however, desecrate the sacred 
day by making any inquiries ; but very early Monday morn- 
ing, Elijah was called to account, the result of which was, 
that Mr. Fletcher supplied other trees for those taken away, 
and the purloined elms remained ; and at this day spread 
their lofty branches, in vigorous old age, among the many 
beautiful elms of the beautiful town of Westford. 

He laid the foundation of the present work more than one 
hundred years ago, and left a diagram and memoranda of 
facts which he had collected relating to the Fletcher history, 
and especially to the earliest settlers. Issue : 

762. i. Bridget 7 +. 764. iii. Grace 7 +, 

763. ii. Rebecca 7 +. 765. iv. Timothy 7 +. 

JOSIAH 6 (697), b. in Westford, Ms., Oct. 19, 1749. 
He was a soldier in the Revolution, in the battles of Bunker 
Hill, White Plains, Bennington, and Ticonderoga. In the 
Rhode Island campaign of 1778-9, he was adjutant. In 



FLETCHEB GEjYEALOGY. — PABT V. 73 

1781, he removed to Vermont, stopping a short time in the 
town of Cavendish, but finally settling in the adjoining town 
of Ludlow, where he spent the remainder of his life, and d. 
Feb. 27, 1825. He was a Christian of the highest character, 
and held various civil offices. Issue : 

766. i. Luther 7 +. 768. iii. Nathan P. 7 + 

767. ii. Asa 7 +. 769. iv. Joseph 7 +. 

BRIDGET 6 (698), b. July 14, 1751 ; d. young. 
LUCY 6 (699), b. Aug. 30, 1754. 

BRIDGET 6 (700), b. Aug. 12, 1760; m. Isaac Parker 
Feb. 7, 1785. Their children: 1. Hannah, m. Dr. Peleg 
Redfield Apr. 1803, and settled in Coventry, Vt. 2. Grace, 
d. in infancy. 3. Isaac, m. Arabella Caleb, of Coventry, 
Yt. 4. Betsey, m. Jabez Proctor, of Proctorsville, Yt. 5. 
JVancy, m. Zaccheus Bates, of Proctorsville, Yt., and settled 
in Chester, Yt. 6. John, m. Mary Wood ; res. Keno- 
sha, Wis. 7. Sally, res. Proctorsville, Yt. 8. Timothy 
Fletcher, m. Catharine Eddy; settled in Warren, Pa. 9. 
Abigail Gardner. 10. Elijah Fletcher, m. Rhoda Lord, of 
Putney, Yt. 

JESSE 6 (701), b. in Westford, Ms., Nov. 9, 1762 ; m. 
Aug. 8, 1782, Lucy Keyes, of W., who was b. Nov. 15, 
1765. Rem. to Ludlow, Yt., in 1783. From that time till 
his death, Feb. 1831, he resided on the same farm in L., 
where all his fifteen children, except the oldest, were b. He 
was one of the first settlers of the town, — its first town 
clerk and second representative. 

Thompson's Gazetteer of Yermont says : " No attempt at 
commencing a settlement in Ludlow was made until 1784-5, 
when Josiah and Jesse Fletcher began clearing on Black 
river." 

Issue : 

770. [i. Charlotte, 7 b. Nov. 8, 1782 ; d. Feb. 22, 1795. 

771. ii. Stephen, 7 b. Jam 23, 1784 ; killed by being run 

over by a sleigh, Feb. 18, 1790. 

772. iii. Michael 7 +. 

773. iv. Fanny, 7 m. Dr. Calvin Bliss. Res. Newark, 

N.Y. 

774. v. Jesse 7 +. 

10 



74 FLETCHEB GENEAL OGY. — PAB T V. 

775. vi. Elijah 7 +. 
. 776. vii. Timothy, 7 b. Mar. 10, 1791 ; settled in Lynch- 
burg, Va., where he lived until the war of the 
Rebellion, when he returned to the old home- 
stead where he was b., and where he d. Aug. 
5, 1870; unm. 

777. viii. Lucy, 7 b. June 25, 1792 ; m. Dr. Richard Wil- 

liams. Res. Newark, N. Y. 

778. ix. Stephen, 7 b. Jan. 10, 1794; d. at New Orleans, 

Aug. 17, 1818. 

779. x. Laura, 7 b. Sept. 1, 1796; m. Dr. Calvin But- 

ton ; d. at Newark, N. Y., 1844. 

780. xi. Calvin 7 +. 

781. xii. Miles J. r +. 

782. xiii. Dexter, 7 b. June 5, 1801 ; d. Oct. 25, 1803. 

783. xiv. Louisa, 7 b. Apr. 12, 1804; m. Joseph Miller; 

d. at Newark, N. Y. 

784. xv. Stoughton 7 +. 



[Capt.] THOMAS 6 (702), b. June 23, 1764; m. Patty 
Jewett Feb. 7, 1786 ; d. Sept. 22, 1838. She d. Aug. 14, 
1824. Issue : 

785. i. Fatty, 7 b. Jan. 8, 1787 ; m. John Osgood June 

10, 1807 ; d. Oct. 18, 1815. 

786. ii. Thomas 7 +. 

787. iii. Rebecca, 7 m. William W. Goodhue Nov. 1829. 

788. iv. Sally, 7 b. July 1, 1799; m. Sewell Parkhurst, 

of Chelmsford, Ms., Feb. 28, 1828. 

789. v. Jefferson 7 -)-. 



PELATIAH 6 (709), b. Apr. 4, 1767; m. Patty Keyes 
Dec. 5, 1785, who d. Dec. 9, 1786; m. 2d, Sally Wood- 
ward Sept, 22, 1788 ; m. 3d, Mrs. Beulah Haywood, of Con- 
cord, Ms., June 23, 1803, who d. May, 1814. He d. May 
7, 1811. Child of Pelatiah and Patty : 

790. i. Joel 7 +. 

Children of Pelatiah and Sally : 

791. ii. Sally 7 +. 795. vi. Timothy 7 +. 

792. iii. Patty 7 -)-. 796 ' vii - Calvin 7 -)-. 

793. iv. Wiley 7 -f. 797. viii. Harriet 7 +. 

794. v. Samuel 7 +. 798. ix. Mary 7 -|_. 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART V. 75 

Children of Pelatiah and Beulah : 

799. x. Pelatiah 7 +. 800. xi. Lucy 7 +. 

JOSEPH 6 (710), b. May 13, 1769; m. Frances Grout, 
dau. of Jonathan Keyes, Apr. 7, 1794; d. Jan. 23, 1843. 
Issue : 

801. i. Joseph 7 +. 

802. ii. Frances Grout, 7 b. in Groton, Ms., May 12, 

1796; m. May 10, 1815, Gardner Fletcher 
(1221), of Chelmsford, Ms., where they res. 

803. iii. Walter 7 +. 

804. iv. Louisa, 7 b. Oct. 28, 1799. Kes. Westford, Ms. 

Unm. 

805. v. Charles Hartwell, 7 b. Feb. 6, 1801; m. Apr. 

12, 1829; d. Apr. 17,1846. 

806. vi. Polly, 7 b. June 13, 1802 ; m. Orville Richard- 

son, of Leominster, Ms., June 29, 1826. 

807. vii. Nancy, 7 d. young. 

808. viii. Abijah 7 +. 

809. ix. Nancy, 7 b. Jan. 22, 1808 ; m. Nov. 1829, Sam- 

uel J. Nichols, of Westford, Ms. 

810. x. Jonathan Yarnum 7 +• 

EZRA 6 (713), b. Oct. 9, 1774; m. Hannah Bateman, of 
Chelmsford, Ms., Oct. 30, 1800; d. May 24, 1832. Issue: 

811. i. John Bateman 7 +. 814. iv. Maria 7 +. 

812. ii. Othiel 7 +. 815. v. Timothy 7 +. 

813. iii. Mary 7 +. 

ADAMS 6 (715), b. Aug. 17, 1779 ; m. Betsey Bateman, 
of Chelmsford, Ms., May 27, 1806; m. 2d, Abigail Davis 
Jan. 28, 1813. She was dau. of Jonathan Davis, who d. 
1806. Issue: 

816. i. Adams, 7 b. Chelmsford, Ms., Jan. 16, 1807. 

Res. Zanesville, O. 

817. ii. Betsey, 7 b. Chelmsford, Ms., Sept. 12, 1808; 

m. Levi Tufts, of Groton, Ms. 

818. iii. Elzina, 7 b. in Chelmsford, Apr. 17, 1810; m. 

James Robins of C. 

819. iv. Porter Keyes, 7 b. Dec. 28, 1813 ; d. unm. 

820. v. Abigail Davis, 7 b. Sept. 17, 1817 ; m. in West- 

ford, Ms., Sept. 24, 1842, Theophilus C. 
Hersey, of Portland, Me. 

821. vi. Jonathan Hartwell 7 -f- . 



76 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART V. 

LEVI 6 (717), b. Sept. 6, 1756, in Westford, Ms.; m. 
Jerusha . Had issue : 

822. Raymond, 7 b. Sept. 7, 1783. 

LYMAN 6 (717), b. June 12, 1758 ; m. 1794, Miss Louisa 
Gates of Ashburnham^ Ms., with whom he lived 40 years, 
and d. 1834. She d. Sept. 1861, ae. 87. Their children, 
of whom eight survived them, were : 

823. i. Lyman ^ +. 

824. ii. Levi Thomas 7 +. 

825. iii. Louisa 7 , b. Jan. 23, 1802. Res. Westford, Ms. 

826. iv. George Washington, 7 b. Oct. 19, 1803. 

827. v. Walter? +. 

828. . vi. Hosea,? d. Sept. 28, 1700. 

829. vii. Patty, 7 b. Aug. 27, 1807. 

830. viii. Paul Eaymond, 7 b. Aug. 21, 1809. 

831. ix. Sarah, b. Aug. 31, 1813 ; m. Foster Brooks. 

Res. Westford. 

JOSHUA 6 (718), b. Feb. 27, 1760; m. Lucy Jones; d. 
Apr. 14, 1843. He was three years in the army of the Rev- 
olution, — at the battle of White Plains, and the surrender 
of Burgoyne. Res. Ashburnham, Ms., where he and his 
wife and one child d. Children : 

832. i. Mary E.? b. in Westford, Ms., May 1, 1816; 

m. Dea. Joseph Wetherbee, a chair maker of 
Ashburnham, Ms., Apr. 18, 1844, who d. 
Aug. 13, 1847. Their children were : 1. 
Prescott W., b. and d. Feb. 1847. 2. Joseph 
F.,h. Jan. 5,1848. 

M. 2d, George W. Todd, a farmer in 
Rindge, N. H., Oct. 7, 1852, where she now 
res. Their children : 3. Mary Ann, b. July 
20, 1853. 4. Ida L., b. July 27, 1857. 

833. ii. Hannah, 7 b. Nov. 16, 1817 ; d. in Ashburnham. 

834. iii. Joshua 7 +. 



SEVENTH GENEEATION-. 

THOMAS 7 (725), b. Mar. 19, 1762 ; m. Hepsibah How- 
ard; rem. to Sumner, Me. ; d. Apr. 25, 1843. He was one 
of the pioneers of that part of Maine. He footed it from 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART V. 77 

Mass., with his wife riding on horseback by his side, and 
carrying in her arms their child of six months. He was 
physically a large and strong man ; in character noted for 
honesty and truthfulness, with a spice of oddity. Hepsibah 
was a genuine smart woman, with a good deal of "book- 
learning." Issue : 

835. i. Eachel 8 +. 837. iii. Abel 8 +. 

836. ii. Benjamin 8 +. 

DAVID 7 (728) , b. Nov. 6, 1767 ; m. Feb. 2, 1796, Mary 
Allen. Lived in Groton, Ms. ; d. Nov. 1, 1831. Issue : 

838. i. Francis, 7 b. in Groton, Ms., Feb. 8, 1799; d. 

May 16, 1820. 

839. ii. Mary, 7 b. in Groton, Apr. 24, 1798 ; m. Saml 

S. Walker Feb. 1835 ; cl. Aug. 6, 1851. 

840. iii. Eoxana, 7 b. in Groton, Dec. 7, 1804 ; m. Lieut. 

Col. Walter Shattuck, merchant in G. They 
had three sons in the war of the Rebellion, — 
a surgeon, a colonel, and an adjutant, the 
oldest of them under twenty -five years of age. 
They were in the 6th Ms. reg., and saw the 
first blood shed at Baltimore, Md. 

FRANCIS 7 (731), b. Aug. 20, 1788; m. Hannah Pope, 
of Danvers, 1818 ; m. 2d, Maria S. Swallow Jan. 4, 1838. 
Lives on his father's homestead in Dunstable, where all his 
children were b. Mrs. Maria S. has taken much interest in 
the present work, and has greatly assisted in its preparation. 
Children : 

841. i. Hannah P. 8 b. Apr. 9, 1819 ; d. Oct. 15, 1842. 

842. ii. Rachel S. 8 b. Feb. 21, 1821 ; d. Nov. 24, 1822. 

843. iii. Mary P. 8 b. Mar. 28, 1822; m. Dr. O. A. 

Woodbury, of Danvers, Ms., May 30, 1842 ; 
d. Sept. 30, 1842. 

LEONARD 7 (735), b. Feb. 7, 1765 ; m. Hannah Hunt; 
m. 2d, Grace Benton; m. 3d, Lucy Fellows; d. May 5, 
1813 ; lived in Thetford, Vt. Leonard and Hannah had : 

844. i. Hannah, 8 m. Perley Raymond, a farmer in Mer- 

rimac, N. H. ; children: 1. Charles, m. 2. 
John, m. and has three children. Merchant in 
San Francisco, Cal. 3. William, m. and has 



78 FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PART V. 

children. Merchant in San Francisco. 4. 

Jane, m. Adams of Melrose, Ms. ; and 

has one child. 5. Martha, m. Perley Slater, 
a real estate agent. Ees. W. Newton, Ms. 
Three children. 

Leonard and Grace had : 

845. ii. Leonard 8 +. 

846. iii. Eoyal, 8 d. unm. 

Leonard and Lucy had : 

847. iv. Lucy, 8 d. young. 

848. v. Lucy Fellows, 8 m. 1825, Thomas Milligan, of 

Albany, N. Y. ; rem. 1827, to Alford, Ms. ; 
children : 1. Lucy Louisa m. 1845, James H. 
Spencer, a farmer in West Stockbridge, Ms., 
and they have Lucy J. Spencer, b. 1849; 
Emma F. Spencer, b. 1856, and James Ed- 
ward Spencer, b. 1863. 2. John Leonard, 
m. 1848, Mary A. Woodin of Hillsdale, N. 
Y., and had Thomas W. Milligan, b. 1849. 
Mary A. Milligan, b. and d. 1851. John L. 
Milligan, b. 1853 ; d. 1855. Harriet Francis 
Milligan, b. 1857. Mary, wife of John L., d. 
1857, and he m. 2d, 1859, Mrs. Nancy J. 
Smith, of Alford, Ms., and they had Frederic 
F. Milligan, b. 1860. William Fletcher Mil- 
ligan, b. 1864, and John L. Milligan, b. 1868. 

3. William G. m. Elizabeth Daily, of Wil- 
mington, N. C, 1857. Marble dealer; d. 
1863. They had William Eaymond Milligan, 
b. 1858. Gustavus Emerson Milligan, b. 
1860. Mary A. Milligan, b. and d. 1863. 

4. Agnes P. m. 1852, Harlow T. Jones, a 
farmer in West Stockbridge, Ms., and rem. 
to Warren, Ms. Children : Mary L. Jones, 
b. 1855; William E. Jones, b. 1862, and 
Arthur H. Jones, b. 1869. 5. H. Frances, 
m. 1866, James B. Hall, of North Salem, N. 
Y., who d. 1868. Ees. S. Hadley, Ms. 6. 
Sarah J. m. William P. Farrar, M. D., of W. 
Stockbridge, Ms., 1856, and rem. to North 
Salem, N. Y. 

849. vi. Isaac 8 +. 

850. vii. Gustavus, 8 m. Elizabeth , d. in W. Stock- 

bridge, Ms. 



FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT V. 79 

JONATHAN 7 (736), b. Nov. 9, 1767 ; m. Betsey Fletch- 
er (729), d. Oct. 30, 1804. Res. Thetford, Vt. Children 

all b. in T. 

851. i. Betsey, 8 b. Nov. 17, 1794; m. James Tyler. 

Ees. Thetford, Vt. 

852. ii. Kachel, 8 b. 1796; m. Isaac Holt, of Piermont; 

d. Aug. 1823. * 

853. iii. Lucy, 8 b. Feb. 16, 1798. 

854. iv. Mark Wentworth 8 +. 

SAMUEL 7 (737), b. July 27, 1769 ; m. Rhoda Kendall; 
d. Apr. 7, 1813. He was a very worthy man, of a kind and 
genial disposition. Children : 

855. i. Rhoda, 8 m. Mark Fletcher (754). 

856. ii. James K. 8 + 

857. iii. Susan, 8 m. Moses Davis, a farmer in Dun- 

stable, Ms. 

JOSEPH? (742), b. Nov. 7, 1777; m. July 22, 1802, 
Rachel Emerson, who was b. in Dunstable, Ms., Oct. 6, 
•1781, and d. Apr. 7, 1863. Rem. to Thetford, Vt., 1803; 
d. May 10, 1861. Children: 

858. i. Lucy, 8 b. in Thetford, Vt., Apr. 27, 1803 ; m. 

Elias E. Cheney, of Danville, Vt. 

859. ii. Jonathan Emerson 8 -|-. 

860. iii. Mary Dandridge, 8 b. Aug. 13, 1809 ; m. 

Thomas L. Gilbert, a farmer in Lyme, N. H., 
who was b. May 15, 1802. Children: 1. 
Carroll, b. and d. 1831. 2. Mary X., b. July 
18, 1832. Grad. Oberlin Coll. 1855. 3. 
Sarah D., and 4, Thomas L., twins, b. Mar. 
16, 1834. Thomas L. d. Oct. 1, 1834. 5. 
Frances E., b. Oct. 25, 1840. Grad. Ober- 
lin Coll. 1861. 

861. iv. Annira, 8 b. Sept. 7, 1811 ; m. Quincy Garey, of 

Thetford, Vt. 

862. v. Samuel 8 +. 

863. vi. Oramei, 8 b. Apr. 7, 1816; d. Sept. 26, 1823. 



ISAAC 7 (747), b. 1784. Grad. Dart. Coll. 1808. The 
following is taken from a history of the town of Lyndon, 
Vt., by G. C. Cahoon, published in Miss Hemmenway's 
Vt. Quarterly Gazetteer : 



80 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART V. 

"In 1811, Isaac Fletcher, an educated, well-read lawyer, 
came to town. . . . After receiving his diploma, he 
taught in the academy at Chesterfield, N. H., and there 
formed an acquaintance with Miss Abigail Stone, his future 
wife. He read law with Mr. Yose, of N. EL, and Judge 
White, of Putney, Vt. Of an ardent temperament, am- 
bitious, prompt, energetic, unremitting in his efforts for his 
clients, he soon attained an extensive and lucrative practice. 
In doing this, he overwrought both his bodily and mental 
powers, participating in almost every trial in the supreme 
and county courts of three counties, and being eight years in 
succession state attorney of Caledonia Co. Four times he 
was representative in the state legislature ; once speaker of 
that body. He was twice elected representative in Congress, 
but his health failing him, be could not distinguish himself 
as in his profession. He was also adjutant-gen. in the gov- 
ernor's staff." 

He d. Oct. 1842. His only child was : 

864. i. Charles B. 8 m/Lucy Fletcher, dau. of Mark 

Farley. Ees. Nashua, N. H. ; d. without 
issue in Lyndon, Vt., Aug. 12, 1851. An 
obituary notice in a Nashua paper says : " Col. 
Fletcher, during his short life, occupied many 
positions of honor among us. He was clerk 
of the house of reps., aid to Gov. Williams, 
and during the latter part of the Mexican war, 
held a commission as commissary in the U. S. 
army ; exercised for some time a command in 
Texas, on the border. He was distinguished 
no less for his kindness to those under his 
orders than for his gallantry in many a sharp 
fight on the frontier. As a lawyer, his repu- 
tation for a young man was high." 

JOSEPH 7 (750), m. Euth Elliott, settled first in Pep- 
perell, Ms., afterward rem. to Lyndon, Vt., where he d. 
1863. Issue : 

865. i. Catharine Cummins, 8 b. Mar. 8, 1830; m. P. 

W. Kent, a mechanic of Pawtucket, K. I., 

Feb. 19, 1862. 
SG6. ii. Abigail Stone, 8 b. Mar. 16, 1832. 
867. iii. Joseph Alfred, 8 b. Mar. 29, 1834; m. Mary A. 

Bradley, of St. Johnsbury, Vt., Nov. 2, 1870. 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY.— PART V. 81 

8Q8. iv. Harriet Elizabeth, 8 b. Mar. 6, 1836 ; d. in Lyn- 
don, Vt., Dec. 8, 1866. 

869. v. William Henry, 8 b. in Hollis, N. H., May 30, 

1838; m. Emma L. Brown, of Cabot, Vt., 
Dec. 6, 1865. In the war of the Rebellion, 
13 Vt. Reg. Res. Lyndon, Vt. 

870. vi. Isaac Farley, 8 b. in Lyndon, Vt., Feb. 24, 

1840; m. Elizabeth Merrill (see 749), of 
Hollis, N. H., June 16, 1870. Farmer in 
Hollis. 

871. vii. Francis Augustus, 8 b. in Lyndon, Vt., Jan. 22, 

1842. In the war of the Rebellion, 15th Vt. 
Reg. ; m. Frances E. Bastian, of Zelienople, 
Pa., Dec. 1, 1869, who d. the 22d of same 
month in Hollis, N. H. Res. Lyndon, Vt. 



MARK? (754), b. Sept. 14, 1790; m. Rhoda Fletcher 
(855) Jan. 24, 1818. Lived at the old homestead in Dun- 
stable, where his grandfather first settled, and where his chil- 
dren were b. He was capt. of a militia company, and dea. 
in Cong, churli. D. Aug. 4,11851. Issue: 

Rhoda Elizabeth, 8 b. Jan. 24, 1819. 
Nancy C. 8 b. Feb. 23, 1821 ; d. June 27, 1833. 
Samuel M. 8 + 

George Washington, 8 b. Apr. 15, 1826 ; m. 
Mary B. Osgood, who d. Oct. 1868 ; m. 2d, 
Ellen G. Foss, of Barton, Vt., Apr. 15, 1869. 
Rep. in leg. Lives on the ancient homestead 
built by his great-grandfather. 
876. v. Susan Lucretia, 8 b. Oct. 31, 1829. 



872. 


i. 


873. 


ii. 


874. 


iii. 


875. 


iv. 



BRIDGET? (762), m. Josiah White of Pittsfielcl, Ms. 

REBECCA 7 (763), b. 1777; in. Hon. Israel Kelly, of 
Salisbury, N. H. ; d. in Concord, N. H., 1853. 

GRACE? (764), m. June, 1808, Hon. Daniel Webster; 
d. in New York city, Jan. 21, 1828. Children: 1. Grace 
Fletcher, b. in Portsmouth, N. H. ; d. in Boston, Jan. 1817. 
2. Daniel Fletcher, b. in Portsmouth, July 23, 1813. He 
was a Col. in the war of the Rebellion, and fell at the head 
ii 



82 FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT V. 

of his reg. at the battle of Bull Run, Aug. 30, 1862 ; m. 
Caroline S. White, of Boston. 3. Julia, b. in Boston; d. 
Apr. 28, 1848. 4. Charles, b. in Boston ; d. ae. 2. 5. Ed- 
ward, b. in Boston, 1820 ; d. in San Angel, Mexico, Jan. 23, 

1848. 

TIMOTHY 7 (765), b. in Hopkinton, N. H. ; m. Mary 
Chad wick, of Portland, Me., who d. Dec. 1814, ae. 29; m. 
2d, Sarah P. Adams, of Bath, Me. ; d. in Boston, May 16, 
1842. Merchant in Portland. Children of Timothy and 
Mary : 

877. i. Albert George, 8 b. in Portland, Me. ; d. in New 

Orleans, Oct. 1832 ; unm. ae. 25. 

878. ii. Mary Chadwick, 8 b. in Portland, Me. Res. 

Eeadville, Ms. 

879. iii. Ellen, 8 b. in Portland, Me. ; m. Dr. Charles E. 

B. Sequard, a celebrated physician in Paris ; 
d. 1866. 

880. iv. Arthur Wellington 8 +. 

Children of Timothy and Sarah : 

881. v. Cordelia 8 . 

882. vi. James W. P. 8 

883. vii. Samuel, 8 d. in infancy. 

884. viii. Grace Webster. 8 

885. ix. James William. 8 

886. x. Caroline Webster. 8 

887. xi. Julia Webster.s 

888. xii. George Albert. 8 

LUTHER 7 (766), b. in Ashby, Ms., Feb. 19, 1780; m. 
Feb. 7, 1805, Salome Fletcher (1910), dau. of Hon. Asaph 
Fletcher. The two brothers, Luther and Asa, were m. at 
Cavendish, Vt., to the two sisters, Salome and Rebecca, at 
the same ceremony. He was a physician, and d. in Gran- 
ville, N. Y., Apr. 6, 1821. Issue : 

889. Asaph Green, 8 b. in Cavendish, Vt., 1805 ; d. 1867. 

ASA 7 (767), b. June 12, 1782, in Ludlow, Vt. ; m. Re- 
becca Fletcher (1911). He spent his life in his native town, 
Ludlow, where all his children were b. He was a farmer, 
a man of property, influential and respected ; a dea. in the 
Bapt. church. Issue : 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART V. 83 

890. i. Lorinda, 8 m. Tyler Lord, a merchant in Proc- 

torsville, Yt. Res. Ludlow. Children: 1. 
Ellen, m. F. A. Bacon. They have one dau. 
Frances. 2. Edgar JST., a merchant in Bos 
ton. 3. Emily. 

891. ii. Richard Frederic 8 +. 

892. iii. Salome, 8 m. John Dunbar, a merchant in Ludlow. 

893. iv. Rebecca, 8 m. Columbus Sherwin. Lived and 

d. in Ludlow. 

894. v. Horace A. 8 a merchant in Indianapolis, Ind., 

where he d. May 27, 1867 ; unm. 

NATHAN P.? (768), b. in Ludlow, Vt., 1783 ; m. 1812, 
— Nichols. Practised law in Ludlow until 1825 ; rem. 



to Hadley, Ms., where he remained until 1830; thence to 
Independence, O. ; thence to Oberlin, O., 1836; d. at St. 
Clair, Mich., Dec. 13, 1835. Children : 

895. i. Maria A. 8 b. May 2, 1815, in Ludlow, Yt. ; m. 

Rev. Henry Eels, of Elyria, O., 1835. 

896. ii. George N. 8 + 

897. iii. Mary Ann Lucretia, 8 b. in L., Feb. 1823. 

JOSEPH 8 (769), b. and lived in Ludlow, Yt. ; m. 

Spooner. Had one son : 

898. Joseph, 8 d. unm. 

MICHAEL? (772), b. Feb. 12, 1785. Res. Indianapolis, 
Ind. Children : 

899. i. William A. 8 b. in Temple, N. H., 1809. Went 

to sea when young and has not since been 
heard of. 

900. ii. Elbridge E. 8 +. 

901. iii. Timothy R. 8 + 

902. iv. Louisa. 8 

JESSE ^ (774), b. Sept. 21, 1787; m. in Ludlow, Yt., 
1813, Betsey Potwin ; d. at Mt. Clemens, Mich., Mar. 6, 
1848. Issue: 

903. i. Seymour Potwin, 8 b. 1815 ; d. 1868, unm. 

904. ii. George Crawford 8 +. 

905. iii. Sarah Jane, 8 b. 1821 ; m. Ludwick Wesolowski, 

a Pole, Dec. 1838. Children : 1. Leopold, b. 
and d. 1840. 2. Stanislaus. 3. Timothy 



84 FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT V. 

Albert, b. 1842. 4. Helena Idwiga, b. 1845 ; 
m. William H. McGarvey, July 8, 1867. 5. 
Charles Green, b. 1849. 

906. iv. Mary Abigail, 8 b. 1824; m. Charles Green, of 

Ludlow, Vt., 1843, who d. 1848; m. 2d, 
James Williams, of Mt. Clemens, Mich. 1853, 
by whom she had: 1. Frank Fletcher, b. 
Apr. 1854. 2. Eliza Loomis, b. Nov. 1855 ; 
d. 1856. 3. Julia Maria, b. Nov. 1857. 

907. v. John Stoughton 8 +. 

908. vi. Charlotte "Ann, 8 b. 1829 ; m. J. M. Hough 

1845. Children: 1. John Milton, b. Feb. 
1846 ; d. 1864. 2. Henry Alfred, b. Feb. 
1848 ; d. 1865. 3. Eugene Mortimer, b. 1850. 
4. George C. F., b. 1852 ; d. 1853. 5. Mary, 
b. 1854; d. 1855. 6. Emma Eva, b. 1857. 
6. Charles Potwin, b. 1867. 

909. vii. Timothy Albert, 8 b. 1840; d. 1842. 

ELIJAH 7 (775), b. July 28, 1789; grad. Vt. Univ. 
Res. Lynchburg, Va., where he was an extensive landholder, 
and a man of distinction and influence. Children : 

910. i. Sidney. 8 912. iii. Indiana. 8 

911. ii. Lucien. 8 913. iv. Elizabeth. 8 

CALVIN 7 (780), b. Feb. 4, 1798 ; m. Sarah Hill May 1, 
1821, at Urbana, O., who d. 1859; m. 2d, Mrs. Keziah 
Price, nee Backhurst. [See frontispiece .] 

The following is derived from a sketch prepared by Wil- 
liam B. Tease:, Esq., and published in the " N. E. Genealog- 
ical Register. 1 ' 

Calvin was the eleventh of fifteen children, most of whom, 
it is remarkable, lived to receive an education and go out 
into the world. Under the teachings of an excellent father, 
and a mother of more than ordinary ability, he early learned 
those habits of industry and self-reliance which, coupled with 
upright principles, uniformly characterized his manhood-life. 
While performing all the duties exacted from a boy on a 
New-England farm, he very soon manifested a great desire 
for a classical education. This desire was stimulated by the 
concurring advice of his mother and the witnessed success of 
his brother Elijah, who had, a few years before, completed 



FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — TAUT V. 85 

his college course. Depending on his own earnings for the 
means of obtaining an education, he set about preparing 
himself for college through the instrumentalities afforded 
him by brief periods of instruction in the academies of Ran- 
dolph and Royalton, in Vermont. In the course of his 
studies pecuniary troubles interfered, his father having be- 
come financially embarrassed. The older sons and daughters 
had left their native State, and, at the request of Calvin, his 
father " gave him his time," and he went from home. He 
made an effort at Boston to ship as a sailor before the mast, 
but did not succeed in the attempt. We next find him in 
Pennsylvania, where he engaged himself, for a short time, 
as a laborer in a brick-yard. To show that his literary tastes 
were not impaired by his new and humble employment, it 
may be mentioned that he always carried with him a small 
edition of Pope's poems, which he read at each moment of 
leisure. But his brick-making came shortly to an end. His 
intelligence soon attracted the attention of a gentleman 
named Foot, by whom he was induced to go to the State of 
Ohio. There he first taught school at Urbana, county of 
Champaign ; was subsequently private tutor in the family of 
a Mr. Gwin, whose fine library gave him a capital opportu- 
nity for reading ; and he finally studied law at Urbana with 
Hon. James Cooley, afterwards "U. S. Charge d 'Affaires " 
in Peru. 

In 1819, he went to Richmond, Virginia, and was licensed 
to practise by the supreme court of the Old Dominion. At 
one time he thought of settling in Virginia, but even then 
his strong love of freedom and the rights of man made him 
renounce his intention, and caused him to return to Urbana, 
where he became the law partner of Mr. Cooley. Indian- 
apolis was set apart for the capital of Indiana, by the legis- 
lature of that State, Jan. 6, 1821, and the same year Mr. 
Fletcher settled there with his family. He was the first law- 
yer in the city, and no one, certainly, was more successful. 
Poor at the time of his location, his business, carefully 
attended to, became lucrative. For several years he was 
prosecuting attorney. He took in, as a partner, Ovicl But- 
ler, Esq., and subsequently, Simon Yandes, Esq. At his 
death, he had become wealthy, both of his partners having 
previously retired, as had also Mr. Fletcher, from the prac- 
tice of the law. 

Says a contributor to the "Indiana Weekly Herald" of 



86 FLETCHER GENEALOGY.— PABT V. 

June 2d, 1866, "We had the gratification of hearing Mr. 
Fletcher argue one case, and but one, to a jury, that of J. B. 
Otey, who was tried in the United States coupt, in 1841, for 
robbing the mail. The case was prosecuted by district- 
attorney Cushing, of Madison, and Hon. John Petitt, of La- 
fayette. Associated with Mr. Fletcher in the defence, was 
Hon. Tilghman A. Howard. Mr. Fletcher's effort was able 
and successful. On making the city his home, Mr. Fletcher 
actively interested himself in its prosperity ; he was a mem- 
ber of the first fire company organized in it, — the " Old 
Marion" ; he won the confidence and respect of the people. 
In 1827, he was elected a State senator, in which office he 
was continued till 1832, when he abandoned politics, though 
a successful career was open to him in that path, had he 
chosen to follow it. In 1836, after the lamented death of i 
Colonel Kinnaird, he replied to those soliciting him to be- 
come a candidate for congress, that he preferred to adhere 
to his profession and educate his children." 

Mr. Fletcher was married to Sarah Hill, by Rev. Samuel 
Hill, May 1, 1821, in the county of Champaign, Ohio, about 
four miles from Urbana, the county-seat. She was born in 
the county of Fleming, Ky., to which State her parents 
removed from Virginia nearly a century ago, or about the 
time of the Daniel Boone immigration. 

Mrs. Fletcher died in the autumn of 1854. On the 5th of 
November, 1855, he married Mrs. Keziah Price Lister, nee 
Backhurst, who survives him. 

We have the gratification of introducing a short auto- 
biography of Mr. Fletcher. In a letter dated March 25, 
1861, to Mr. John Ward Dean, then the corresponding 
secretary of the New England Hist. Gen. Society, he writes 
thus concerning himself: "At that period [1815], I had 
only had the advantages of two months each year at the 
school in the district where my father lived. For two 
years I labored for others, at wages a portion of the time, 
and the residue I spent at the academies of Randolph and 
Royalton in my native State. In 1817, I determined on 
a seaman's life, and in April of the same year went to Bos- 
ton, a total stranger, and tried my best to obtain a berth on 
board an East-Indiaman, but failed. I then turned my face 
towards the country west of the Alleghanies. In two months 
I worked my way, mostly on foot, to the western part of 
Ohio and stopped at Urbana, then the frontier settlement of 



FLE1CHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT V. 87 

the northwestern part of that State. I knew not an indi- 
vidual in the State — had no letter of introduction. I 
obtained labor as a hired hand for a short time, and then a 
school. In the fall of 1817, I obtained a situation in the 
law office of the honorable James Cooley, a gentleman of 
talents and fine education ; one of a large class which grad- 
uated at Yale, under Dr. D wight. He was sent to Peru 
under John Quincy Adams's administration, and died there. 
In the fall of 1820, I was admitted to the bar, and became 
the law partner of my worthy friend and patron, Mr. Cooley. 
In the summer of 1821, the Delaware Indians left the central 
part of Indiana, then a total wilderness, and the new State 
selected and laid off Indianapolis as its future capital, but 
did not make it such for four or five years thereafter. I had 
married, and, on my request, my worthy partner permitted 
me to leave him to take up nry residence at the place desig- 
nated as the seat of government of Indiana. In September 
of that year (1821), I left Urbana with a wagon, entered the 
wilderness, and after travelling fourteen clays and camping 
out the same number of nights, reached Indianapolis, where 
there were a few newly-erected cabins. No counties had 
been laid off in the newly-acquired territory, but in a few 
years civil divisions were made. I commenced the practice 
of law, and for about twenty-two years travelled over, twice 
annually, nearly one-third of the northwestern part of the 
State, at first without roads, bridges, or ferries. In 1825, I 
was appointed states-attorney for the fifth judicial circuit, 
embracing some twelve or fifteen counties. This office I 
held about one year, when I was elected to the State senate ; 
served seven years, resigned, and gave up official positions, 
as I then supposed, for life. But in 1834, I was appointed 
by the legislature one of four to organize a State bank, and 
to act as sinking-fund commissioner. I held this place also 
seven years. From 1843 till 1859, I acted as president of 
the branch of the State bank at Indianapolis, until the charter 
expired. During the forty years I have resided in Indiana, 
I have devoted much of my time to agriculture, and societies 
for its promotion, and served seven years as trustee of our 
city schools. I have been favored with a large family, — 
nine sons and two daughters. Three of the former have 
taken a regular course, and graduated at Brown University, 
Providence, R. I., and two a partial course at the same insti- 
tution. I have written no books, but have assisted in com- 



88 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART V. 

piling a law book. I have kept a journal of daily events, 
confined mainly to my own routine of business." 

Mr. Fletcher died in Indianapolis, May 26, 1866, aged 
sixty-eight. His death was occasioned by a fall from his 
horse a few weeks previous. 

A meeting of the bankers was held in that city on the 28th, 
and a committee, consisting of J. C. S. Harrison, David 
Snyder, and Mr. Mansur, was appointed, who reported 
resolutions, which were adopted, — among them the fol- 
lowing : 

" That in the career of Mr. Fletcher are presented very 
striking evidences of what great and good things may be 
accomplished under our free institutions by sound sense and 
unfailing energy, no matter how unpromising the circum- 
stances of their possessor may be at his outset in life. 

" That his success in business is the history of a life of 
hopeful labor, pure integrity, genial benevolence, steady 
caution, and active usefulness ; in which great results have 
been attained, not by brilliant strokes of adventure, or any 
dependence upon fortune, but by those plainer and less 
obtrusive methods, which are within the reach of the great 
majority of men, and affords a lesson of hope and warning, 
— hope to the upright, diligent, and frugal; warning to the 
reckless and idle who wait upon fortune." 

Mr. Fletcher was a strong man, physically, morally, and 
intellectually. In the early stages of his pioneer life he had 
to withstand to the face, and at' times with bodily force resist, 
those who attempted to deprive him of his rights. There 
were no courts there, at first, in the infant settlement, to take 
cognizance of breaches of the. peace and of ill behavior; but 
each man had to be, as it were, "a law unto himself," — his 
own judge and executor. He was equal to the emergency, 
and when the trial of strength came could do justice to him- 
self. In the same spirit he stood ready also to befriend 
those who might otherwise have been injured. 

He was a great lover of nature. He took much interest in 
the study of ornithology, and made himself familiar with the 
habits of birds, their instincts and characteristics. The 
domestic animals found in him a sympathizing friend. He 
was kind to them, — ever ready to learn in regard to their 
particular dispositions and qualities, using such knowledge, 
when obtained, to their advantage. 

He was fond of the science of astronomy, and in fact of 



FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT V. 89 

almost everything that was elevating and ennobling* In his 
well-selected library of general literature, in addition to law 
books, might be seen, in close proximity, local histories, 
periodicals, the works of Audubon, school journals, and 
miscellaneous works. He availed himself of the opportuni- 
ties afforded him, as one of the pioneers, and a continued 
resident of Indianapolis, to collect and preserve local news- 
papers, books, and magazines. At his death these accumu- 
lated volumes of western literature were deposited in one of 
the institutions of the city. 

He was a man of method. Usually he would rise at four 
o'clock in the morning, and attend to his correspondence till 
breakfast ; then be off to give directions in regard to his farm 
of sixteen hundred acres, situated about two miles from his 
residence. On his return he would engage in his duties at 
the bank, or other employments, always on the move) ever 
active, ever accomplishing important results. 

From a communication in the " Indiana Weekly State Ga- 
zette" of Juno 0, 1866, the following is taken : 

"The multitudes, in this community and in the West, who 
have for many years felt it to be their highest honor to be 
known as the friends of Calvin Fletcher, will only need to 
be assured by his early associates that the bright and mature 
development of his character is only what might have been 
expected in the ripened shock in the ear, from its promise 
in the grain-seed. 

" When a young lawyer, and with his gentle wife from 
Ohio, in the first week of October of 1821, he unloaded his 
wagon of household ings and books at a cabin he had pur- 
chased, standing in the centre of the future Washington 
street, near the State-house, in this city, how little was anti- 
cipated by the passing settlers the influence the new-comer 
would exert on the future of our prospective city and the 
region surrounding ! 

" In one leading trait, his course was marked and earnest. 
No poor man ever applied to Calvin Fletcher, in his need, 
either for counsel or assistance, and was sent empty away ; 
and when the friends of the colored man, fleeing from bond- 
age, were few and unpopular in this community, his sym- 
pathy and assistance was never withheld." 

The Eev. Edmund Squire, of Dorchester, Mass., in a let- 
ter to Mr. Trask, says : 

"He was a man of courage. When to be a friend of the 

12 



90 FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PART V. 

slave was not only unfashionable but dangerous, he, at the 
risk of his life, forced his way into a so-called court of jus- 
tice, where a mob thirsted for a slave's blood, and fastening 
his eye on the judge, by a few strong words of truth, changed 
the coming doom, and gave the man his life. 

"Lastly, he was like all men of power in his age, exceed- 
ingly rapid in thought and action ; before others had begun 
the argument he had concluded it, and was off. I think I 
never saw him sit entirely still ; repose was not his domi- 
nant characteristic ; he was like a bird on the bough. Cal- 
vin Fletcher was not a perfect, but he was a very remarkable 
man, one of the fathers of his city and of the West. Such 
another man I have never seen, and never expect to see 
again." 

The following is from the funeral discourse delivered by 
his pastor, Rev. A. S. Kinman : 

"Early in the history of his life, he washed his hands from 
the guilt of that sum of national villainies, American slavery. 
He was an abolitionist when it cost something to be one. 
He once said to one of his sons, ? When I am in the court 
house engaged in an important suit, if the governor of the 
State should send in word that he wished^to speak with me, 
I would reply that I could not go ; but if a Quaker should 
touch me on the shoulder and say, ? A colored man is out 
here in distress and fear,' I would leave the court-house in a 
minute to see the man ; for I feel that I would have to ac- 
count at that last day when He shall ask me if ' I have visited 
the sick and in prison or bondage, and fed the poor.' The 
great of this world can take care of themselves, but God has 
made us stewards for the downtrodden, and we must account 
to him." 

These old anti-slavery men are now being gathered to their 
fathers, but the nation owes them a debt of gratitude never 
yet paid. Thank God, that Mr. Fletcher lived to see the 
bond go free. Like Simeon of old, he and his co-laborers 
are now permitted to say for themselves, "Let thy servants 
depart in peace, for our eyes have beheld thy salvation." 
But I point you to him as a Christian. If the sentiment, 
"By their fruits ye shall know them," be the criterion of 
Christian character, then I would point you to every Pro- 
testant church of this city, and nearly all of this country ; I 
would point you to the school-houses and seminaries ; I would 
point you to our houses of charity and asylums ; I would 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART V. 91 

point you to hundreds of ministers' wives and hungry chil- 
dren ; I would point you to all the benevolent societies for 
the poor, and the maimed and oppressed ; sixteen persons 
that he educated during his life out of his own funds, and 
say, Calvin Fletcher has stock in them all ; and thus " he 
being dead yet speaketh." No man could love and respect 
the Bible and the minister more than he. He was a constant 
student of the one, and hearer of the other. Among the 
very last things he said, was to speak of his love and respect 
for his pastor, and the last rational recognition was to recog- 
nize the Bible under the most touching circumstances. The 
eldest and youngest son had arisen to take their turn in 
watching with him. He had been unconscious for many 
hours, flis oldest son had brought in the large family Bible 
for personal use, and while sitting by his side he opened his 
eyes, and recognizing the Book of God, he nodded his head 
and smiled in the most grateful and pleasing manner. 

Permit me to quote from his private journal some facts 
relating to his inner life of religion. 

"January 1, 1829. — For two or three months past, I have 
felt strongly impressed with the great importance of religion, 
and the vanity and uncertainty of the things of this world. 
And further, feeling I am approaching what is certainly the 
meridian of life (thirty-five), I have been led to inquire into 
the truth of the Scriptures in relation to that intelligent, im- 
mortal part called the soul, in order to satisfy myself on this 
subject,* on which at first I had some doubts. Yes, I even 
found myself to be almost an infidel. I applied to a number 
of my friends who had professed religion (I feel thankful 
that I had such friends, for they have been a consolation and 
light which I little expected), and found, on inquiry, they 
were enjoying treasures of which I was entirely ignorant. I 
attended several class-meetings of the Methodists, in which 
I found further evidence of the good things which religious 
and pious people enjoy. On Tuesday night before New 
Year, I resolved to go forward at the watch-night meeting of 
the Methodists. It would take volumes to tell the doubts I 
had in coming to a conclusion on this great undertaking. I 
had for a long time clung to the world, and my affections 
were strongly rooted there. I was a representative of a dis- 
trict in the senate, a lawyer, the legislature was in session, 
&c, &c, which all tended to frighten me. However, I 
tremblingly advanced this morning and gave my hand, and 



92 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART V. 

there, openly to the world, and more strongly confessed on 
my part, the covenant I had made to serve God, as earnestly 
as in me lay. Eev. Mr. Wiley and Edwin Ray, a local 
preacher of Madison, Ind., preached two sermons, beginning 
at nine o'clock of the old } T ear, and preached till twelve, 
when Mr. Armstrong, our local preacher, gave an exhorta- 
tion and opened the door to receive members, and I went 
forward. Sensible am I now that I was too unworthy to 
make such a profession. I returnd home, and went to bed 
at two A. M., and rose about one half hour before sunrise. 
I determined to set my house in better order than before. 
Brother James Hill, also a member of the Methodist church, 
performed a duty which I had always neglected — to have 
family prayer in my house. In the evening I went to see 
my friend James M. Ray. He was just going to the Pres- 
byterian meeting-house, to attend a Sunday school. None 
of the members came. He went in. All was dark. He 
very affectionately expressed his joy that I had on the new 
year commenced the service of the Lord. We reviewed our 
whole life, and covenanted with each other to watch, pray 
for, and admonish each other ; to suppress all heart-burnings 
in and against the respective churches to which we belonged. 
As a friend well tried, I have found none better than Mr. 
Ray, and Mr. James Blake, our absent friend, who both have 
within the past year become members of the Presbyterian 
church, the latter of whom, in his conversation after I had 
revealed my first convictions to him, gave me good counsel 
and consolation and strength in the steps I was desirous to 
take. While at the meeting-house my friend Ray, at my 
request, made a most pathetic and feeling prayer, which, to 
me, was as the refreshing dews to the parched earth. We 
parted, pledging to each other to be friends, not only in the 
world, but in the cause of Christ. 

" January 3. — This evening I have made some very slight 
examination of myself, in relation to my fitness to go for- 
ward on to-morrow and partake in the solemn ordinances of 
the Lord's Supper. In this, I feel greatly and awfully defi- 
cient and doubtful. 

"Sunday, January 4, 1829. — On this day, for the first 
time, I went forward and partook of the Lord's Supper. I 
had many doubts and many difficulties in coming to a con- 
clusion as to my fitness in so important a step. I felt truly 
unworthy, yet from prayer, I satisfied myself that it was my 






FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PART V. 93 

duty to advance ; that I was unworthy to be called his fol- 
lower, until I could fully confess Jesus Christ before men." 

"February 4, 1865. — My birthday. I am sixty-seven 
years old. I have not been indifferent and without concern 
in relation to the better life beyond this present state. This 
has been a subject before me night and day. I feel that I 
am fast approaching the end of this world's labors. I have 
no labor so great and so important as that of a sure prepara- 
tion to the entrance on another state of existence. My desire 
is to be more studious, more devoted and prayerful. I ask 
God daily, and continually, to give me his grace and pardon ; 
to send his holy spirit to enlighten and instruct me in this 
vital preparation for a better life. I enter on another year, 
feeling its importance more sensibly than ever before. I 
have comfortable seasons mingled with times of depression 
and sense of great unworthiness. 

"Sunday, February 4th, 1866. — Sixty-eight years old. 
Born on Sunday — a happy day to me. What makes this 
day more dear to me is that I was born on it. May God 
sanctify this holy day — the Sabbath — to my use and salva- 
tion. It has always been a dear and blessed clay to me. 
May God strengthen and go with me as he permits me to 
walk into a new year of my life, perhaps the last. May I 
live in readiness to meet his last call on earth Avith lamp 
trimmed and ready to enter into the morning feast. He has 
been present thus far to sustain me, and, like a kind father, 
forgiving and merciful. May I have the spirit with me to 
teach and instruct me, that old age will not be marked with 
mental imbecility, impatience, and want of faith, but may I 
be constantly in the spirit, in love and in union with Christ." 
This was the last entry in his journal, the closing para- 
graph of a great and good man's life. 
Children : 

i. James Cooley 8 -f-. 

Elijah Timothy 8 -]-. 

Calvin 8 +• 

Miles Johnson 8 +• 

Stoughton Alonzo 8 -f-. 

Ingram 8 -)-. 

Maria Antoinette Crawford 8 -)-. 

William Baldwin +. 

Stephen Keyes +. 

Lucy Keyes -)-. 

Albert Eliot +. 



914. 


i. 


915. 


ii. 


916. 


iii. 


917. 


iv. 


918. 


v. 


919. 


vi. 


920. 


vii. 


921. 


viii. 


922. 


ix. 


923. 


x. 


924. 


xi. 



94 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PABT V. 

MILES J. 7 (781), b. Nov. 11, 1799. Ees. Marlboro', N. 
Y. Children : 

925. i. Sidney. 8 929. v. Francisco. 8 

926. ii. Virginia. 8 930. vi. George. 8 

927. iii. Dubois 8 +. 931. vii. Ida. 8 

928. iv. Louisa. 8 

STOUGHTON 7 (784), b. Aug. 22, 1808. Res. Indian- 
apolis, Ind., where he owns and carries on extensive farms, 
and is also engaged extensively in the banking business. 
Children : 

932. i. Laura. 8 936. v. Stoughton. 8 

933. ii. Maria. 8 937. vi. Allen M. 8 

934. iii. Fanny. 8 % 938. vii. Newell. 8 
635. iv. Jesse. 8 



THOMAS 7 (786), b. Aug. 1, 1791 ; m. Orpah Fletcher, 
1475, Aug. 9, 1812. Children : 

939. i. Mary, b. Jan. 1, 1813 ; m. Eli Tower, of Con- 

cord, Ms., Dec. 23, 1833. 

940. ii. William E. 8 b. Jan. 18, 1815 ; d. Sept. 14, 

1828. 

941. iii. Francis 8 +. 

942. iv. Charles L. 8 -f 

JEFFERSON 7 (789), b. Apr. 14, 1802; m. Sarah Alli- 
son, dau. of Daniel Abbott, of Peterboro', N. H. ; d. July, 
1852. Children: 

943. i. Sarah Jane, 8 b. June 11, 1831 ; d. Mar. 2, 1838. 

944. ii. Mary, 8 b. Oct. 16, 1835. Res. New York city. 

945. iii. Sarah, 8 b. July 26, 1841. Res. Westford, Ms. 

946. iv. Edmund. 8 



JOEL 7 (790), b. Westford, Ms., Feb. 23, 1786; m. in 
Anson, Me., Abigail Dinsmore, where he lived. He was an 
influential citizen and held important civil offices. Children, 
all b. in Anson : 

947. i. Joel 8 +. 951. v. Alureda 8 +. 

948. ii. Calvin 8 +. 952. vi. John A. 8 + 

949. iii. George A. 8 + 953.. vii. James 8 +. 

950. iv. Abigail 8 +. 



FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT V. 95 

SALLY 7 (791), b. in Ashburnham, Ms., June 28, 1789 ; 
m. Richard Adams, Dec. 9, 1806. Res. Westford, Ms. 
Twin sister of Patty. 

PATTY 7 (792), twin sister of Sally; m. Apr. 9, 1807, 
Jacob Osgood, of Westford, Ms. 

WILEY 7 (793), b. in Groton, Ms., Feb. 7, 1791 ; m. 
Eliza Lyman, of Sancllake, N. Y. ; rem. to Albany, N. Y., 
where their children were b., and where he d. Mar. 18, 1821. 
Issue : 

954. i. Sarah Jane, 8 b. Dec. 22, 1818 ; m. Isaac W. 

Vosbur^h, Feb. 1841. Children: 1. Isaac 
W., b.^Dec. 14, 1841 ; d. Aug. 21, 1848. 2. 
Elizabeth. 3. Sarah. 4. Mary McD. 5. 
Fletcher. 6. Miles W. 

955. ii. Mary A. 8 b. Jan. 10, 1821 ; m. Benjamin J. C. 

Miles Sept. 17, 1857. Child: Benjamin 
Fletcher, b. in New York city, July 13, 1858. 

SAMUEL 7 (794), b. in Ashburnham, Ms., Mar. 2, 1792 ; 
m. Apr. 13, 1813, Beulah Heywood, of Westford, Ms., where 
he lived and where he d. Feb. 25, 1860. Beulah was b. in 
Winchendon, Ms., and d. Jan. 30, 1858, ae. 63. She was 
dau. of Mrs. Beulah Heywood, who became 3d wife of Pela- 
tiah Fletcher (709). He was a merchant in W. where all 
his children were b., viz. : 

956. i. Samuel Heywood, b. Jan. 9, 1816; d. Nov. 24, 

1832. 

957. ii. Beulah Buttrick, 8 b. Sept. 6, 1817 ; d. July 10, 

1826. 

958. iii. Emily Augusta, 8 b. Feb. 3, 1819 ; m. Sherman D. 

Fletcher (1929), of Westford, Nov. 28, 1839. 

TIMOTHY 7 (795), b. in Groton, Ms., Nov. 28, 1795; 
m. Jan. 25, 1825, Eliza Edes, at Charlestown, Ms., where 
he lived. He was county commissioner for several years. 
Issue : 

959. i. Mary Porter, 8 d. young. 

960. ii. James Edwin, 8 b. June 8, 1827; m. Margaret 

Low, of Hancock, N. H. ; d. Feb. 26, 1867. 

961. iii. Rebecca Orne, 8 b. Feb. 23, 1830 ; d. Sept. 23, 

1866. 



964. 


ii. 


965. 


iii. 


966. 


iv. 


967. 


v. 


968. 


vi. 



96 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART V. 

962. iv. Caroline Elizabeth, b. Feb. 26, 1834 ; m. Charles 

Clark, a druggist in Lawrence, Ms. Chil- 
dren : 1. Louis Edes. 2. Charles Edwin 
Fletcher. 

CALVIN 7 (796), b. in Groton, Ms., Feb. 20, 1797 ; m. 
Nancy Eeed, Oct. 10, 1819, at Westford, Ms. Farmer in 
G. Children : 

963. i. Nancy E. 8 b. in Westford, Ms., 1820 ; m. Wil- 
liam Sawtell, of Shirley, Ms. 

Calvin J. 8 +. 

Eufus R. 8 +. 

Samuel W. 8 b. 1826; d. 1845; unm. 

Pelatiah, 8 b. 1827; d. 1833. 

Mary F. 8 b. 1829 ; m. Frederic W. Pope, 

1853. Children: 1. Nellie F., b. 1854. 2. 

Frank F., b. 1859. 3. William F., b. 1864. 

969. vii. Martha P. 8 b. 1833; m. Jacob W. Cooper, 1853. 

Child: IclaS., b. 1854. 

970. viii. Pelatiah, 8 b. 1836. 

971. ix. Joseph 8 +. 

972. x. Albert Francis, 8 b. 1840. 

HARRIET 7 (797), b. in Groton, Ms., July 31,1800; 
m. Nathan S. Hamlin, of Westford, Ms., Nov. 1829, where 
they res. Children : 1. Edward &., b. June 28, 1830. 2. 
Samuel A., b. Sept. 25, 1832. 

MARY 7 (798), b. in Westford, Ms., Jan. 25, 1803; m. 
Thomas Richardson, of W., Jan. 23, 1840. They have one 
son: Milton Thomas, b. Feb. 7, 1843. 

PELATIAH 7 (799), b. in Westford, Ms., June 27, 1804 ; 
m. Miss Susan Hamlin. Res. Groton, Ms. Children : 

973. i. Henry H. 8 976. iv. Cyrus H. 8 

974. ii. Caroline F. 8 977. v. Sarah F. 8 

975. iii. DunnN. 8 

LUCY 7 (800), b. in Westford, Sept. 10, 1806 ; m. Abel 
Stevens, of Fitchburg, Ms. 

JOSEPH 7 (801), b. in Chelmsford, Ms., Dec. 25, 1794. 
Had one son : 
978. Walter. 8 



FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PART V. 97 

WALTER 7 (803), b. in Groton, Ms., Nov. 9, 1797; m. 
Dec. 1, 1830; d. in Arlington, Ms., Apr. 4, 1833. Had 
one son : 

979. Warren. 8 

ABIJAH 7 (808), b. Jan. 28, 1807 ; m. Louisa Lawrence, 
of Hollis, N. H. ; d. Dec. 25, 1862. Farmer in Westford, 
Ms. Children : 

980. i. Luke Lawrence 8 +. 

981. ii. Elizabeth Caroline, 8 b. in Westford, Ms., Apr. 

3, 1834; m. George W. Heywood Apr. 3, 
1860. Ees. W. 

982. iii. Charles H. 8 b. Dec. 28, 1843 ; m. Mary E. 

Leighton, of Westford, Aug. 20, 1865, where 
he res. 

JONATHAN VARNUM 7 (810), b. Feb. 28, 1812, in 
Westford, Ms. ; m. Nov. 1836, at W. Cambridge, Ms., Marcy 
Ann Hill, who was b. May 9, 1815. Merchant in Faneuil 
Hall Market, Boston; res. in Belmont, Ms. Children: 

983. i. Frances Ann, 8 b. June 23, 1837 ; m. Nov. 3, 

1856, James Monroe Hale. Children: 1. 
George Varnum, b. May 2, 1858. 2. Nellie 
Frances, b. Sept. 16, 1861, 3. Carrie Fletch- 
er, b. Jan. 14, 1864. 

984. ii. Ellen Louisa, 8 b. Sept. 25, 1840; d. Sept. 27, 

1842. 

985. iii. George Varnum, 8 b. July 17, 1842 ; m. Francis 

Lucretia Marsh, at Belmont, Ms., Oct. 22, 
1868. 

986. iv. Joseph Henry, 8 b. Sept. 26, 1844. 

987. v. Ella Amelia, 8 b, June 17, 1848 ; m. Herbert A. 

Clark, Dec. 1, 1870. 

988. vi. Ida Florence, b. Aug. 19, 1850. 

JOHN B. 7 (811), b. in Chelmsford, Ms., Nov. 9, 1802; 
m. Joanna, dau. of Lieut. John and Elizabeth Hildreth, of 
Westford, Ms., Dec. 6, 1827. She was b. June 18, 1805 ; 
d. Feb. 28, 1868. He m. 2d, Emily M. Chandler, of West- 
ford, Sept. 1869. Merchant in W. Children : 

989. i. Marcellus H. 8 + 991. iii. Francis Leighton 8 +. 

990. ii. Ann Maria P. 8 -|-. 992. iv. John M.s +. 

13 



98 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART V. 

[Capt.] OTHIEL 7 (812), b. Mar. 18, 1806, m. Sophia 
Fletcher (2081), of Littleton, Apr. 26, 1829, who d. Mar. 

4, 1840; ae. 31; m. 2d, Lyford, 1840; d. May 27, 

1842 ; capt. of militia. Farmer. Issue : 

993. i. Sophia Amelia, 8 b. Aug. 8, 1830; d. Mar. 30, 

1852. 

994. ii. Othiel Adams, 8 b. Oct. 2Q, 1832 ; d. Sept. 27, 

1843. 

995. iii. Philinda Tuttle, 8 b. June 13, 1836 ; d. Mar. 13, 

1853. 

996. iv. Lucy Maria, 8 b. June 7, 1838 ; d. Mar. 20, 1852. 

MAKY 7 (813), b. July 3, 1809 ; m. Gilbert Harwood. 

MARIA 7 (814), b. Aug. 31, 1815; d. Sept. 18, 1818. 

TIMOTHY 7 (815), b. Nov. 8, 1820; m. Sarah Gould, of 
Groton, Ms., Nov. 16, 1851. Res. Westford, Ms. Issue : 

997. Carrie. 8 

JONATHAN H. 7 (821), b. July 27, 1821 ; m. Mary J., 
dau. of Henry N. and Sarah J. West, Sept. 1852. Mer- 
chant in Portland, Me. Children : 

998. i. George H. 8 b. Oct. 1, 1854. 

999. ii. Henry Adams, 8 b. Jan. 29, 1858. 

1000. iii. Clementine, 8 b. June 1, 1862. 

1001. iv. Marion, 8 b. July 9, 1867 ; d. Aug. 26, 1868. 

LYMAN 7 (823), b. in Ashburnham, Ms., May 30, 1796; 
m. Oct. 28, 1821, Clarissa Caldwell, of Lincoln, Ms., who 
was b. Nov. 9, 1791. A tanner in Roxbury, Ms., where he 
d. Feb. 26, 1834. Children : 

1002. i. Clarissa, 8 b. July 6, 1822; m. Benjamin B. 

Frederick, of Roxbury, Ms., June 27, 1851. 

1003. ii. Harriet, 8 b. Dec. 30, 1823 ; m. William E. 

Hicks, of Yarmouth, Me., July 21, 1844. 

1004. iii. Henry Lyman 8 +. 

1005. iv. Charles James, 8 b. Nov. 1, 1827. Res. Mel- 

bourne, Australia. 

1006. v. Caroline, 8 b. June 23, 1831 ; m. June 12, 1853, 

Daniel Clark, of Milford, N. H. 

1007. vi. Maria Carlton, 8 b. June 27, 1833. 



FLETCBOEB GENEALOGY. — PART V. 99 

LEVI T. 7 (824), b. in Westford, Ms., Apr. 22, 1798 ; m. 
Apr. 14, 1825, Ama, dau. of Samuel Richardson and Ama 
Fletcher (744). She was b. June 16, 1805. He was a far- 
mer in W. Issue : 

1008. i. Ama Elizabeth,* b. June 21, 1826; d. Feb. 

22, 1847. 

1009. ii. Susan Augusta, 8 b. Aug. 3, 1828 ; m. Mar. 4, 

1869, Reuben J. Butterfield, who was b. Oct. 

14, 1819, and is a manufacturer in Chelms- 
ford, Ms. 

1010. iii. Edward Thomas, 8 b. Oct. 1, 1831; d. Sept. 

19, 1833. 

1011. iv. Sarah Jane, 8 b. June 17, 1836; d. Feb. 12, 

1837. 

1012. v. Lydia Henrietta, 8 b. July 15, 1838; d. Nov. 

15, 1860. 

WALTER 7 (827), b. in Westford, Ms., July 20, 1805; 
m. Mary Chamberlin Aug. 31, 1828. Rem. after the birth 
of his first child to Plymouth, Vt. ; thence to Mt. Holly, Vt., 
and thence to Weston, Vt., where his wife d. of consumption 
May 12, 1841 ; m. 2d, Laura Haskell, who was b. June 12, 
1821, and d. Apr. 6, 1863; m. 3d, a Mrs. Haskell. Chil- 
dren of Walter and Mary : 

1013. i. Samuel Walter 8 +. 

1014. ii. George Washington, 8 m. Maria L. York. Shoe 

manufacturer in Haverhill, Ms. 

1015. iii. Joseph, 8 m. and res. in Danby, Yt. Walter 

and Mary had also four sons who d. young. 
Children of Walter and Laura were : 

1016. iv. Henry U. 8 b. June 13, 1842. In the war of 

the Rebellion, Co. B. 9th Reg. Vt. vols. 

1017. v. Raymond J. 8 b. Mar. 29, 1844. In the war 

of the Rebellion, Co. G, 5th Reg. Vt. vols. 

Killed at the battle of the Wilderness. 
Mary E.s b. July 6, 1846, 
Julia A. 8 b. July 2, 1848. 
JudsonE. 8 b. Aug. 26, 1850. Res. Healdville, 

Vt. 
Levi T. 8 b. Oct. 17, 1852. 
Emma E. 8 b. June 4,1855. 
George A. 8 b. Dec. 24, 1858, 



1018. 


vi. 


1019. 


vii. 


1020. 


viii. 


1021. 


ix. 


1022. 


X. 


1023. 


xi. 



1026. 


iii 


1027. 


iv. 


1028. 


V 


1029. 


vi. 


1030. 


vii. 


1031. 


viii. 



100 FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT V. 

JOSHUA 7 (834), b. in Ashburnham, Ms., Aug. 27, 1820 ; 
m. Emmeline Stimson, of Winchester, N.H., Apr. 24, 1846, 
who d. 1847 ; m. 2d, Mrs. Frances Sampson, of Medway, 
Ms., Apr. 14, 1852. Joshua and Emmeline had : 

1024. i. Fiorina Jane, 8 b. Jan. 12, 1847 ; d. Aug. 30, 

1849. 
Children of Joshua and Frances : 

1025. ii. Emmeline F. 8 b. Jan. 15, 1853; d. Mar. 20, 

1854. 
Arthur J. 8 b. and d. 1855. 
Ada M. 8 b. June 24, 1856. 
Walter J. 8 b. Jan. 28, 1858. 
Wiuslow O. 8 b. Mar. 13, 1859. 
Myrilla J. 8 b. Feb. 12, 1864. 
Edwin C. 8 b. Aug. 24, 1866. 

EIGHTH GENERATION. 

EACHEL 8 (835), b. in Sumner, Me., May 29, 1788 ; m. 
Joseph Robinson July 5, 1836. They had nine children. 

BENJAMIN 8 (836), b. in Sumner, Me., July 5, 1793. 
Res. Peru, Me. Children : 

1032. i. Benjamin, 9 res. N. Chelmsford, Ms. 

1033. ii. Stephen, 9 res. Wrentham, Ms. 

1034. iii. Martha. 9 

1035. iv. Mary. 9 

ABEL 8 (837), b. in Sumner, Me., Sept. 20, 1805 ; m. Anna 
Bisbee. Farmer in S., where all his children were b., viz : 

1036. i. Harriet A. 9 b. Sept. 25, 1832 ; m. Luther Hol- 

lis, a farmer in Sumner, Me. Children : 1. 
Martha Jane. 2. Fremont. 3. Thomas. 

1037. ii. Rachel R. 9 b. Jan. 17, 1837; m. Addison G. 

Parlin Nov. 22, 1866, a farmer in Sumner, 
Me. He served four years in the war of the 
Rebellion in 9th Reg. Me. Vols. The family 
preserve a bullet which he received in his 
shoulder before Petersburg, Va., and which 
came near adding him to the long list of the 
loyal dead. Mrs. Parlin has been a valued 
correspondent in the preparation of this 
work. They have one son : Fletcher, b. 
Oct. 14, 1867. 



FLETCEEB GENEALOGY. — PABT V. 101 

1038. iii. Abel T. 9 b. June 16, 1841 ; accidentally shot 

and killed June 19, 1856. 

LEONARD s (845), b. June 10, 1798 ; m. Lucinda Tyler, 
Oct. 21, 1821 ; d. July 6, 1855. Farmer. Issue : 

1039. i. Betsey T. 9 b. Oct. 15, 1822; m. Eobert S. 

Holmes, 1841 ; d. Sept. 23, 1847. Children: 

1. James A., m. Frances Saloan. Farmer. 

2. Louisa (7., m. Benjamin Robins, a far- 
mer. 

1040. ii. James T. 9 b. Mar. 12, 1824; m. Aug. 1846, 

Mary Ann Lane. Blacksmith, had three 
children ; names not known. 

1041. iii. Sarah C. 9 b. Feb. 6, 1826; m. Sept. 1858, 

Henry A. Green, a machinist. 

1042. iv. Laura A. O. 9 b. Jan. 28, 1828 ; m. William E. 

Barry a farmer, and has three children. 

1043. v. Royal B. 9 b. Oct., 1829 ; d. Aug. 17, 1831. 

1044. vi. Lucinda T. 9 b. Aug. 22, 1832 ; m. 1852, Ly- 

man R. Coburn, a wheelwright and has three 
children. 

1045. vii. Leonard B. 9 +. 

ISAAC 8 (849), m. 1830, Van Derwerken; . m. 2d, 

Mrs. Catharine . Res. Cohoes, N. Y. ; d. 1866. Chil- 
dren : 

1045-1. i. Isaac N. 9 +. 

By second marriage : 
ii. Lucy A. 9 b. 1836. 

iii. Leonard G. 9 b. 1838. Served nearly three 
years in the war of the Rebellion and was 
killed in the second battle of Bull Run. 
iv. William, 9 b. 1840. 
v. Jerome, 9 b. 1843. 

* ARK W. 8 (854;, b. in Thetford, Vt., Oct. 15, 1803; 
m. Harriet Dunham, Aug. 25, 1846. Lawyer; county clerk. 
Res. Wayne, Du Page Co., 111. Children : 

1046. i. Julia E. 9 b. Nov. 29, 1847. 

1047. ii. Francis, 9 b. Mar. 20, 1850 ; d. Feb. 18, 1863. 

1048. iii. Charles, 9 b. Apr. 28, 1857. 

1049. iv. James Mark. 9 

1050. v. Harriet, 9 b. May 30, 1866. 



102 FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PART F. 

JAMES K.8 (856), m. Charlotte Turner, of Walpole, 
Ms., Oct. 26, 1826; m. 2d, Hannah Rennick, of Newbury- 
port, Ms. ; d. Mar. 8, 1863. Machinist; U. S. Gov. agent 
in making rifles, &c. ; a most estimable man. Children of 
James K. and Charlotte : 

1051. i. James M. 9 b. Aug. 25, 1834; m. and lives in 

Derry, N. H. 

1052. ii. Charlotte F. 9 b. May 18, 1837 ; m. George E. 

Allen, of Hadley, Ms. Res. Pawtucket, 
R. I. 

1053. iii. Jane E. 9 b. Feb. 28, 1839; d. Apr. 7, 1866. 

JONATHAN E. 8 (859), b. Jan. 2, 1806, in Thetford, 
Vt., where he was bred a farmer. In 1832, he went to the 
State of New York; thence, in 1833, to Columbus, O. ; and 
in 1838, to Muscatine, Iowa, his present residence. He was 
at this time commissioned maj.-gen. of the State militia. M> 
1839, Frances L. Kendrick, of Thetford, Vt. He was twice 
appointed U. S. agent to the Indians, was a delegate to the 
convention to form the State constitution of Iowa, and was 
elected State senator. Children : 

Charles, 9 b. and d. 1840. 

Frank Edward 9 +. 

Alice, 9 b. and d. July, 1846. 

Kendrick, 9 b. Oct. 7, 1847 ; d.'Sept. 10, 1849. 

Eve, 9 b. June 9, 1850. 

Samuel Emerson, 9 b. July, 1852. 

Glen Deshler, 9 b. June 23, 1854. 

Ella Gertrude, 9 b. Sept. 23, 1856. 

Grace, 9 b. Dec. 26, 1858, 

William Kendrick, 9 b. Oct. 2, 1861. 

Lyle, 9 b. Mar. 17, 1864. 

SAMUEL 8 (862), b. Nov. 5, 1813 ; m. Harriet Palmer, 
of Woodstock, Vt., May 10, 1842. Res. Thetford, Vt., 
where his children were b., viz : 

1065. i. Frederic, 9 b. Jan. 17, 1844 ; grad. medical 

department Dart. Coll. 1870. 

1066. ii. Catharine, 8 b. Nov. 2, 1845. 

1067. iii. Margaret, 9 b. May 13, 1847. 

1068. iv. Julia, 9 b. Oct. 22, 1849. 



1054. 


i. 


1055. 


ii. 


1056. 


iii. 


1057. 


iv. 


1058. 


v. 


1059. 


vi. 


1060. 


vii. 


1061. 


viii. 


1062. 


ix. 


1063. 


X. 


1064. 


xi. 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART K 103 

SAMUEL M.e (874), b. Mar. 1, 1822 ; m. Sally K. Tay- 
lor, Nov. 1849; grad. Amherst Coll. 1846; studied medi- 
cine and practised in Westerly, R. I. In the war of the 
Rebellion he enlisted as a private in the 12th R. I. Vols, and 
was detailed to hospital duty by Gen. Sprague, and after- 
ward appointed assistant surgeon by Gen. Cozzens. He was 
at the first battle of Fredericksburg, Va., Dec, 1862. After- 
wards he went to Kentucky, where he served out his time. 
Wife d. Apr. 20, 1867. Rem. to Chicago, 111., where he 
practises his profession ; has one son. 

1069. Alfred M. b. Sept. 13, 1850. 



ARTHUR W.8 (880) , b. in Portland, Me., Mar. 24, 1814 ; 
m. Jan. 1, 1848, Elizabeth J., dau. of Moses Poor, of Hop- 
kinton, N. H. Served as major three years in the war of 
the Rebellion. Res. Washington, D. C. Children: 

1070. i. Robert S. 9 b. Sept. 23, 1848. 

1071. ii. Ellen W. 9 b.. Sept. 21, 1850. 

1072. iii. Grace C. 9 b. May 2, 1853. 



RICHARD F.8 (891), b. Apr. 15, 1809; m. May 13, 
1832, Maria Ann Ferris, of Swanton, Vt. He was in suc- 
cessful business as a merchant many years in Ludlow, Vt. r 
and rem. to Boston, Ms., where he carried on an extensive 
trade. On a visit to St. Paul, Min., he was attacked with 
cholera, and d. July 5, 1854. Children: 

1073. i. Richard Frederic, 9 b. in Swanton, Vt., Oct. 

28, 1833 ; m. July 11, 1855, Emma L., dau. 
of E. L. Alvord, of Indianapolis, Ind. 

1074. ii. Maria Ann, 9 b. in Ludlow, Vt., Nov. 26, 1834 ; 

m. May 15, 1854, John M. Cole, of East 
Boston, Ms. Children: 1. Frederic Mor- 
rell, b. 1855. 2. John Addison, b. 1857. 

1075. iii. Addison, 9 b. in Ludlow, Vt., June 25, 1836. 

Merchant in Alpeoria, Mich. 

1076. iv. Mary Elizabeth, 9 b. in Ludlow, Vt., Nov. 8, 

1838; m. Dec. 25, 1860, Dr. W. M. Ryer, 
of San Francisco, Cal. Child : Fletcher 
Ferris, b. 1862. 

1077. v. Josiah+. 



104 FLETCEEB GENEALOGY. — PABT V. 

GEORGE N. 8 (896), b. Dec. 13, 1813, in Ludlow, Vt. ; 
m. Sarah A. G. Miller Sept. 30, 1850. Rem. with his 
father to Ohio ; thence he rem. to Boston, 1840, to St. Clair, 
Mich., 1850, and to Detroit, 1859, where he res. Lumber 
dealer. Children : 

1078. i. Frank Ward, 9 b. in Boston, Ms., May 16, 1853. 

1079. ii. Allen Miller, 9 b. July 18, 1858. 

1080. iii. Grace, 9 b. in Detroit, Oct. 25, 1860. 

ELBRIDGE E. 8 (900), b. Temple, N. H., 1812; m. in 
Boston, 1843, where he res. Merchant. Children: 

1081. i. Joseph L. 9 b. 1843. 

1082. ii. Elbridge F. 9 b. 1850. 

1083. iii. Helen L. 9 b. 1853. 

TIMOTHY R. 8 (901). Had issue : 

1084. Charles M. 9 

GEORGE CRAWFORD s (904), b. 1817; m. Eliza 
Hough, in Mt. Clemens, Mich., Sept., 1837. Children : 

1085. i. Emma Louisa, 9 b. June 20, 1838 ; m. Benja- 

min F. Farrington, Sept. 23, 1862. Child : 
Frederic, b. May 10, 1867. 

1086. ii. Sidney Mortimer, 9 b. June 3, 1841 ; d. July 9, 

1867; unm. 

1087. iii. Betsey Caroline, 9 b. Oct. 25, 1845 ; m. A. H. 

Canfield, Sept. 27, 1864. Child : Betsey 
Fletcher, b. and d. 1869. 

1088. iv. George Woodruff, 9 b. Sept. 10, 1853. 

JOHN STOUGHTON 8 (907), b. 1826 ; m. Louisa Chap- 
man, of Mt. Clemens, Mich., 1849. Children: 

1089. i. George Herbert, 9 b. Nov. 1850. 

1090. ii. Sarah Jane, 9 b. Sept. 1855. 

1091. iii. John Stoughton, 9 b. 1859. 

1092. iv. Frederic, 9 b. 1861. 

1093. v. Grace, 9 b. 1867. 

JAMES C 8 (914), b. in Indianapolis,- Ind., Apr. 15, 
1823 ; grad. Brown Univ. 1847, and then spent some years 
in study and travelling in Europe. Pres. min. He was 
some years in Brazil, and labored with success for the de- 



FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT V. 105 

velopment of the resources of that vast country. He is at 
present U. S. consul at Oporto, Portugal. Children : 
1094. i. Edward. 9 1095. ii. Julia. 9 

ELIJAH T. 8 (915), b. Aug. 21, 1824; grad. Brown 
Univ. 1850; m. 1850, Miss Eunice Allen, of Providence, E. 
I. ; m. 2d, Mrs. Catharine Carnahan, dau. of Daniel Yan- 
des, of Indiana. Son : 

1096. Frank A. 9 

CALVIN 8 (916), b. Sept. 30, 1826. Engaged in mining 
and farming in Spencer, Ind. Children : 

1097. i. Fanny. 9 1101. v. Horace H. 9 

1098. ii. Joseph. 9 1102. vi. Emma. 9 

1099. iii. Calvin B. 9 1103. vii. Calvin J. 9 

1100. iv. Sarah. 9 

MILES J. 8 (917), b. June 15, 1828, in Indianapolis, Ind. 
His youth was spent in an alternation of student and farm 
labor, which developed both mind and body. Grad. Brown 
Univ. 1852. While a student he was hopefully converted, 
and joined the Meth. Epis. Church. After graduating he 
became professor in the Indiana University at Greencastle, 
Ind. 

In the fall of 1860, he was elected superintendent of pub- 
lic instruction for the State of Indiana, which position he 
held at his death. In this capacity his labors were incredi- 
ble. When the firing upon Sumter aroused the nation, he 
assisted, by request of the governor, in drilling raw recruits 
for the three months' service at Camp Morton. His brother, 
Dr. William B., having been captured by the rebels in July, 
1861, he made a visit, in Aug. 1861, to West Virginia, and 
another in the winter to Washington, for the purpose of 
ascertaining the place of his confinement and effecting his 
release, both of which objects he accomplished. 

He was killed on the Evansville railway, May 10, 1862, 
while on an expedition for the relief of the sick and wounded 
of our army near Corinth. His funeral at Indianapolis is 
said to have been the largest that ever took place in the 
State. Children : 

1104. i. William. 9 1105. ii. Mary. 9 

14 



106 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART F. 

STOUGHTON A. 8 (918), b. Oct. 25, 1831. President 
of the Indianapolis Gas. Co. Children : 

1106. i. Laura. 9 1109. iv. Miles. 9 

1107. ii. Charles B. 9 1110. v. Euth. 9 

1108. iii. Jesse. 9 

INGEAM 8 (919), b. June 22, 1835; was in the war of 
the Eebellion as a 100 days' man. Banker in Indianapolis. 
Children : 

1111. i. Newman. 9 1113. iii. Maria. 9 

1112. ii. Eliza. 9 

MAEIA A. C 8 (920), b. Oct. 29, 1833 ; m. Judge C. C. 
Hines, of Indianapolis ; d. Apr. 1860. 

WILLIAM B. 8 (921); b. Aug. 18, 1837; in the war of 
the Eebellion, taken prisoner. Children : 

1114. i. Agnes. 9 1116. iii. Lucy, 9 

1115. ii. Eobert O'Brien. 9 1117. iv. Albert C. 9 

STEPHEN K. 8 (922), b. May 30, 1840; in the war of 
the Eebellion three years, and rose to the rank of Major. 
Farmer in Indianapolis. Children : 

1118. i. Leah. 9 1119. ii. MaryM. 9 

LUCY K. 8 (923), b. Sept. 4, 1842 ; 2d wife of Judge C. 
C. Hines. 

ALBEET E. 8 (924), b. Oct. 19, 1846 ; has one son. 
1120. Horace Lunt. 9 



DUBOIS 8 (927) . Children : 

1121. i. Anna. 9 1122. ii. Henry. 



FEANCIS 8 (941), b. Oct. 14, 1818 ; .m. Esther B. dau. 
of Asa Wright ; rem. to Salt Lake City, Utah. Children : 

1123. i. Edwin Francis, 9 b. May 21, 1840. 

1124. ii. Charles Eugene, 9 b. June 21, 1843. 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART V. 107 

CHARLES L. 8 (942), b. Mar. 20, 1820; m. Sophia M. 
Keyes, Apr. 2, 1844, has 

1125. Ella Sophia, 9 m. Frederic Hilclreth. 



JOEL, 8 (947), b. Anson, Me., Aug. 19, 1812; ni. Nov. 
27, 1834, Cyrena Patterson, of Madison, Me., where he res. 
Children : 

nl?: i!:£& 9 H- > d -^- 

1128. iii. David, 9 m. Olive Getchel. 

1129. iv. Joel. 9 

1130. v. Erastus. 9 

1131. vi. Cyrena. 9 

1132. vii. Olive, 9 m. Gardner Savage. 

1133. viii. Alureda. 9 

1134. ix. Timothy. 9 

CALVIN 8 (948), b. Oct. 2, 1814 ; m. Catharine, dau. of 
James Hall. Merchant. Children : 

1135. i. Calvin H. 9 1137. iii. Catharine. 9 

1136. ii. Norman. 9 1138. iv. Eva. 9 

GEORGE A. 8 (949), b. Dec. 4, 1817; m. Dec. 6, 1843, 
Susan Hunter, of Anson, Me. Register of Probate. Chil- 
dren : 

1139. i. George Henry 9 +. 

1140. ii. Helen A. 9 b. Apr. 17, 1847 ; m. Benjamin Hil- 

ton, Feb. 26, 1867. 

ABIGAIL 8 (950), b. Oct. 12, 1819; m. May 4, 1837, 
S. W. Hapgood, of Norriclgewock, Me. Children: 1. Ed- 
ward, b. Jan. 21, 1839. 2. William, b. Sept. 12, 1838. 3. 
Solon, b. July 9, 1843. 4. Abby, and 5, JEda, twins. 6. 
Fanny, b. June 18, 1849. 

ALUREDAs (951), b, Aug. 6, 1822 ; m. W. H. Brown, 
North Anson, Me., June 11, 1844. 

JOHN A. 8 (952), b. Jan. 20, 1825; m. L. A. Metcalf 
Oct. 1, 1848. Res. Anson, Me., where all their children 
were b. viz. : 



108 FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT V. 

1141. i. Emma Frances, 9 b. Apr. 3, 1849. 

1142. ii. Alice A. 9 b. June 20, 1855. 

1143. iii. Eliza, 9 b. Sept. 9, 1858; d. Apr. 20, 1860. 

1144. iv. Elizabeth A. 9 b. Feb. 8, 1861. 

1145. v. Mary R. 9 b. Aug. 10, 1865. 

JAMES 8 (953), b. and d. 1834. 



CALVIN J. 8 (964), b. in Westford, Ms., 1822 ; m. Eliza- 
beth Whitney, of Stow, Ms., 1848. Children : 

1146. i. Emma C. 9 b. 1849. 

1147. ii. Mary F. 9 b. 1851. 

1148. iii. Helen B. 9 b. 1861. 

BITFUS R. 8 (965), b. 1823 ; m. Sarah M. Whitney, 1848, 
Children : 

1149. i. Harriet J.9 b. 1849. 

1150. ii. Elizabeth S. 9 b. 1850. 

1151. iii. Daniel W.* b. 1852. 

1152. iv. Edward F.9 b. 1854. 

1153. v. Samuel W. 9 b. 1857. 

JOSEPH 8 (971), b. 1837; m. Sarah J. Stone, 1862. 
Children : 

1154. i. Calvin, 9 b. 1863. 

1155. ii*. Charles S. 9 b. 1867. 

LUKE L. 8 (980), b. in Westford, Ms., Nov. 1832; in. 
Lucy J. Walker, of Burlington, Ms., Nov. 24, 1864 ; farm- 
er in Westford, where his dau. was b. : 

1156. Susannah W. 9 b. Apr. 2, 1866. 

MARCELLUS H. 8 (989), b. Nov. 10, 1828 ; m. Abby 
Elizabeth Mason, of Fairfield, Me., Nov. 29, 1850. Res. 
Westford, Ms. Issue : 

1157. John William. 9 

ANN M. P. 8 (990), b. Jan. 5, 1831 ; m. Oren Coolidge, 
jr., Dec. 28, 1851. Children : 1. Clara, b. Mar. 29, 1853. 
2. Anna Louisa, b. Aug. 1, 1866. 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART V. 109 

FEANCIS L. 8 (991), b. Sept. 22, 1832; m. Martha A. 
Chamberlain, of Chelmsford, Ms., Sept. 2, 1858, who cl. Oct. 
28, 1862 ; m. 2d, Helen Tower, Jan. 1, 1865. Merchant in 
Westford, Ms. Child of Francis L. and Martha : 

1158. i. Hugh Francis, 9 b. Jan. 21, 1862. 

Dau. of Francis L. and Helen : 

1159. ii. Lena Helen, 9 b. Feb. 28, 1869. 

JOHN" M.8 (992), b. Feb. 21, 1846 ; m. Eunice J. Teb- 
betts, of New Durham, N. H., Mar. 3, 1868. Merchant. 

HENRY L.8 (1004), b. Oct. 11, 1825 ; m. Isabella Our, 
of Hingham, Ms., Mar. 26, 1847. Children : 

1160. i. Charles Henry, 9 b. Oct. 13, 1848 ; m. Dec. 9, 

1869, Hannah Q. Bicknell, of Hingham, Ms. 

1161. ii. Thomas Lyman, 9 b. Aug. 11, 1853 ; d. Dec. 

30, 1857. 

1162. iii. Thomas Lyman,9 b. Nov. 25, 1861 ; d. Aug. 

7, 1864. 

1163. iv. William Our, 9 b. Oct. 1869. 

SAMUEL W. 8 (1013), b. Jan. 24, 1829, in Westford, 
Ms. ; went with his father to Vt., and in 1848 rem. to 
Eindge, N. H., where he m. Apr. 25, 1850, Emily Taylor 
Brooks, who was b. Mar. 25, 1829 ; rem. to Bennington, 
N. H. ; wife d. June 24, 2852 ; m. 2d, Caroline M. Brooks, 
Nov. 9, 1852, who was b. Sept. 28, 1834; rem. to Haver- 
hill, N. H. 1856, thence to Eindge, N. H., where he is a 
merchant and postmaster. He enlisted in the war of the 
Eebellion, Aug. 1862, Co. I, 9th Eeg. N. H. vols., and was 
in the battles of South Mountain and Antietam. He was 
wounded and on that account discharged. Children : 

1164. i. Henry Walter ,s b. Dec. 8, 1851. 

1165. ii. Frederic Perley, 9 b. and d. 1855. 

1166. iii. Frank Leslie, 9 b. and d. 1860. 

1167. iv. Mary Emma, 9 b. Apr. 24, 1866. 

1168. v. Irving Taylor, 9 b. Apr. 24, 1868. 



NINTH GENEKATION. 

LEONAED B. 9 (1045), b. May 13, 1838 ; m. Ann E. 
Aldrich, Feb. 5, 1862. Farmer in West Fairlee, Vt. They 
have one dau. 



110 FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT V. 

1169. Elizabeth E. 10 

ISAAC N. 9 (1045-1), b. 1831 ; m. Mary A. . Ees. 

Cohoes, N. Y. Children : 
i. Annie. 10 

ii. Frank, 10 b. 1854; d. 1859. 
iii. Ada, 10 b. 1858. 
iv. Frederic, 10 b. 1863. 

FRANK E. 9 (1055), b. July 10, 1841 ; m. Eva Gurley. 
Ees. Detroit, Mich. Issue : 

1170. Emerson Armor, 10 b. Jan. 6, 1869. 

JOSIAH, 9 (1077), b. in Cambridgeport, Ms., Jan. 20, 
1840; m. Bertha, dau. of John Charles, of Grand Rapids, 
Mich. Grad. Dart. Coll. 1860. Lawyer in New York city. 
The present work owes much to his labor and research. One 
child : 

1163* Lillian Maud, 10 b. June 27, 1869. 

GEORGE H. 9 (1139), b. Feb. 25, 1844; m. Jan. 1, 1868, 
Eliza Gale. Children : 
1164* i. Caddie S. 10 
1165* ii. Helen Augusta. 10 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART V. Ill 



DESCENDANTS OF JONATHAN 4 (34). 

JONATHAN 4 (34), m. Jane . Lived in Westford, 

Ms. Issue : 

1166* i. Susannah, 5 b. Feb. 6, 1733 ; d. Mar. 13, 1736. 

1167* ii. Abigail, 5 b. Mar. 10, 1735 ; d. Dec. 3, 1736. 

1168* iii. Jonathan, 5 b. Nov. 16, 1736. 

1169* iv. Rachel, 5 b. Aug. 1, 1740. 

1170* v. Jane, 5 b. Nov. 7, 1742; d. June 28, 1750. 

1171. vi. Susannah, 5 b. July 29, 1744; d. July 3, 1853. 

1172. vii. Elizabeth, 5 b. Oct. 6, 1746. 

1174. viii. Wyle, 5 b. Aug. 24, 1748; d. July 9, 1753. 



DESCENDANTS OF JONAS 4 (36). 

JONAS 4 (36), b. in Chelmsford, Ms. ; m. Elizabeth . 

Issue : 

1175. i. Elizabeth, 5 b. in Chelmsford, Ms., Oct. 21, 

1723. 

1176. ii. Jonathan, 5 b. in Chelmsford, July 30, 1725. 

1177. iii. Jonas, 5 b. in Westford, Ms., June 20, 1729. 

1178. iv. Wiley, 5 chr. Apr. 23, 1732. 

1179. v. Paul, 5 b. in Westford June 10, 1735. 

1180. vi. Sarah, 5 chr. Mar. 26, 1738. 



112 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PAH T VI. 



PART VI. 

COMPRISING THE DESCENDANTS OF JOSIAH* (52), ROBERT* (55), 
WILLIAM 4 (50), AND DANIEL * (58). 



DESCENDANTS OF JOSIAH 4 (52). 
FOURTH GENERATION. 






JOSIAH 4 (45), b. in Concord, Ms.; m. Joanna . 

IsSUG I 

1181. i. Sarah 5 +, 1184. iv. Rachel 5 +. 

1182. ii. Josiah 5 +. 1185. v. Joanna 5 +• 

1183. iii. Andrew 5 +. 1186. vi. Henry 5 +. 



FIFTH GENERATION. 

SARAH 5 (1181). b. Oct. 7, 1717. 

JOSIAH 5 (1182), b. Oct. 30, 1719. Issue: 

1187. i. Benjamin 6 +. 

1188. ii. Mary, 6 b. Dec. 30, 1748. 

1189. iii. William * +. 

1190. iv. Josiah 6 +. 

1191. v. Sarah, 6 b. Dec. 30, 1748. 

1192. vi. Andrew, 6 b. Apr. 23, 1762. No issue. 

1193. vii. Joseph 6 +. 

ANDBEW 5 *(1183), b. Oct. 2, 1721; m. Lydia 



who d. Feb. 9, 1746-7; m. 2d, Elizabeth Parker, May 5, 
1748. Lived in that part of Chelmsford, Ms., which is now 
Lowell, where he owned three hundred acres of land, and 
where he d. Apr. 2, 1792 ; farmer. Children : 

1194. i. Lydia, 6 b. Jan. 29, 1746-7. 

1195. ii. Nehemiah 6 +. 1199. vi. Porter. 6 

1196. iii. Aaron. 6 1200. vii. Patty. 6 

1197. iv. Moses 6 +. 1201, viii. Caleb P. 6 

1198. v. Jonathan. 6 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART VI. 113 

RACHEL 5 (1184), b. July 14, 1724; m. Jacob How- 
ard Feb. 6, 1745. 

JOANNA 5 (1185), b. Mar. 10, 1726, in Chelmsford, Ms. 

HENKY 5 (1186), b. May 4, 1729 ; m. Sarah Porter Apr. 
12, 1753; lived in Chelmsford, Ms.; d. June 1, 1764. 
Issue : 

1202. i. Josiah 6 -!-. 

1203. ii. Henry 6 +. 

1204. iii. Cherubiah, 6 b. in Chelmsford, Ms., Nov. 4, 

1760 ; rem. to the West and probably d. in 
Ohio. He was a soldier in the Revolution, 
and his name appears on the list of pension- 
ers in Ohio in 1832. 

1205. iv. Sarah, 6 b. in Chelmsford, Ms., June 11, 1763. 



SIXTH GENERATION. 

BENJAMIN 6 (1187), b. Sept. 18, 1746 ; m. Hannah 
•,who d. Sept. 26, 1778 ; m. 2d, Ann Spaulding, of 



Chelmsford, Ms., Oct. 21, 1779. Children of Benjamin 
and Hannah : 

1206. i. Sarah, 7 b. June 25, 1763 : d. Oct. 5, 1778. 

1207. ii. Hannah, 7 b. Nov. 18, 1767. 

1208. iii. Mary, 7 b. Dec. 21, 1769; d. Oct. 3, 1778. 

1209. iv. Jepthah, 7 b. Sept. 20, 1775 ; d. Sept. 26, 

1778. 

1210. v. Rebecca, 7 b. Apr. 17, 1777 ; d. Sept. 24, 1778. 

Excepting Hannah, all the above, and also 
their mother, d. of dysentery within a space 
of ten days ; leaving Benjamin widowed and 
childless, except that he had his dau. Han- 
nah remaining. 

Children of Benjamin and Anna : 

1211. vi. Anna, 7 b. July 20, 1780 ; m. Luther Bancroft, 

of Pepperell, Feb. 22, 1803. 

1212. vii. John, 7 b. Aug. 3, 1782 ; no issue. 

1213. viii. Sally, 7 b. Sept. 26, 1785 ; m. Marcus Peekens 

Aug. 12, 1810. He was b. Apr. 11, 1784, 
and d. Apr. 18, 1862. She d. Mar. 30, 1860. 
Children: 1. Orville, b. Nov. 26, 1810; m. 

15 



114 FLETCEEB GENEALOGY. — PABT VI. 

Martha A. Cowdry, 1833 ; d. Sept, 14, 1854. 

2. Rufus, b. Sept. 18, 1812. 3. Harriet, 
b. Dec. 26, 1817 ; m. Milo Shedd, 1837, who 
d. July 3, 1864. She d. Oct. 6, 1863. 4. 
Fletcher, b. June 3, 1818; unm. Res. 
Westford, Ms. 5. Caroline Mary, b. Aug. 

3, 1829 ; m. Aaron Corey, of Groton, Ms., 
Nov. 1869. 

WILLIAM 6 (1189), b. Dec. 22, 1754; m. Lucy Hild- 
reth Nov. 10, 1778 ; res. Chelmsford. Issue : 

1214. i. William 7 +. 

1215. ii. Ezekiel H. 7 b. Sept. 23, 1786 ; no issue. 

1216. iii. Susan. 7 

1217. iv. Lucy, 7 b. Feb. 9, 1791 ; m. Fletcher. 

[Capt.] JOSIAH 6 (1190), b. Mar. 20, 1759. At the 
age of fourteen, he went as an attendant to his bro. Benja- 
min in the army at the opening of the Revolution. He after- 
wards enlisted under Capt. Ford, of Chelmsford, Ms., and 
rose to the rank of captain. He lived on the land originally 
bought and settled by William 2 (3), and accumulated a 
large property. M. Oct. 6, 1781, Mercy Richardson, who 
was b. Aug. 5, 1759, and d. Dec. 3, 1786; m. 2d, Zilpah 
Proctor Apr. 9, 1789, who d. Mar. 7, 1851. He d. Feb. 
20, 1850, at the advanced age of ninety yrs. and eleven mos. 
Issue * 

1218. i. Mercy, 7 b. Oct. 29, 1782; m. Caleb Abbott 

Nov. 4, 1806. 
Josiah R. 7 -|-. 
Daniel 7 +. 
Gardner 7 -(-• 
Lovell, 7 b. Aug. 21, 1794 ; m. Prudence 

Spaulding Apr. 18, 1819; d. Aug. 5, 1851. 

Prudence d. Dec. 8, 1851. 

1223. vi. Mary Chamberlain, 7 b. June 30, 1805 ; m. 

David Pulsifer Apr. 7, 1826. 

[Major] JOSEPH 6 (1193), b. Mar. .2, 1765 ; m. Lucy 
Proctor, of Chelmsford, Ms., Nov. 17, 1791. Issue : 

1224. i. Joseph, 7 b. May, 1793 ; m. Shuah Holt Fletch- 

er (1424), 1826. Rem. to Amherst, N. H., 
and thence to Francestown, Ms., where he d. 



1219. 


n. 


1220. 


iii. 


1221. 


iv. 


1222. 


v. 



1226. 


iii. 


1227. 


iv. 


1228. 


v. 


1229. 


vi. 


1230. 


vii. 


1231. 


viii. 


1232. 


ix. 


1233. 


X. 


1234. 


xi. 


1235. 


xii. 



FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT VI. 115 

1225. ii. Hannah, 7 b. Sept. 17, 1794; m. Josiah Fletch- 
er (1219) ; d. June 9, 1836. 
Daniel, 7 b. and d. 1790. 
Morrill, 7 b. Apr. 1, 1799. 
Sewall 7 -(-• 

Charles, 7 b. Jan. 30, 1803. 
vii. Alpheus, 7 b. Feb. 6, 1805. 

George W. 7 ) twins, b. Sept. 12, 1807 ; John 

John A. 7 5 A., d. Feb. 14, 1817. 

Lucy, 7 b. Aug. 17, 1808. 

Mary Bobbins, 7 b. Aug. 3, 1810. 

Susan P. 7 b. May 28, 1813. 

1236. xiii. Benjamin C. 7 d. young. 

NEHEMIAH 6 (1195), b. Oct. 1774; m. Mary Gordon, 
of Lowell, Ms. ; d. Oct. 15, 1859. Wife d. July 17, 1847, 
ae. 77. He was a member of the Methodist church, and set- 
tled in Troy, Waldo Co., Me. Issue : 

1237. i. Andrew 7 +. 

1238. ii. Nehemiah 7 +. 

1239. iii. Cynthia, 7 b. Oct. 25, 1811; res. in Iowa. 

1240. iv. Keziah, 7 b. July 21, 1815 ; m. Philander Shaw. 

Ees. Troy, Me. 

1241. v. Martha, 7 m. Phineas Small ; d. in Troy, Me. 

1242. vi. Harriet, 7 m. Elijah Estes, of Troy, Me. 

1243. vii. Louisa, 7 m. C.Ward; both d. 

MOSES 6 (1197), m. Susannah, dau. of Israel Hildreth, 
of Dracut, Ms., 1803. Mechanic ; settled in Hartford, Me., 
in 1815, and followed farming afterwards. Issue : 

1244. i. Susannah, 7 b. 1806; d. 1809. 

1245. ii. Christopher C. 7 +. 

1246. iii. Moses H. 7 b. May 6, 1816 ; d. Aug. 29, 1836. 

1247. iv. Israel A. 7 +. 



JOSIAH 6 (1202), b. in Chelmsford, Ms.; m. Lucy 
Nourse Mar. 7, 1792. Served in the Kevolutionary war; d. 
in Dunstable, Ms., 1832. Issue : 

1248. i. Lucinda 7 +. 1252. v. Laura 7 +. 

1249. ii. John 7 +. 1253. vi. Ralph 7 +. 

1250. iii. Henry 7 +. 1254. vii. Loami 7 -f 

1251. iv. Pascal 7 +. 1255. viii. Franklin 7 +, 



116 FLETCHEB GENEALOG T. — PAB T VI. 

HENKY 6 (1203), b. Jan. 17, 1754; m. Kemembrance 
Foster June 6, 1766. He left Chelmsford, Ms., to join the 
army of the Revolution July 15, 1779. His pay was two 
pounds a month. In a skirmish, while on guard at White 
Plains, N. Y., Feb. 3, 1780, he was shot through the heart 
by the British, and instantly expired. Issue : 

1256. i. Betsev, 7 b. Apr. 19, 1777. 

1257. ii. Henry, 7 b. Nov. 12, 1778. 

SEVENTH GENERATION. . 

WILLIAM 7 (1214), b. May 18, 1782; m. Orpha Spaul- 
ding 1815; lived in Chelmsford, Ms. ; d. Dec. 15, 1846. 
Issue : 

1258. i. Mary Jane, 8 b. Aug. 12, 1816 ; m. Levi Sher- 

man, of Groton, Ms. 

1259. ii. William 8 +. 

1260. iii. Ezekiel H. 8 b. Dec. 10, 1821; d. 1843, with* 

out issue. 

1261. iv. Susan P. 8 b. Oct. 10, 1828; m. Eobert C. 

Barnes. 

JOSIAH R, 7 (1219), b. Mar. 2, 1785 ; m. Hannah 
Fletcher (1225), Oct. 13, 1818; res. Chelmsford, Ms., on 
a part of the original tract of William * (3). Issue : 

1262. i. Josiah Richardson, 8 b. Mar. 18, 1822 ; m. Mrs. 

Eliza B. Streeter Aug. 20, 1870. 

1263. ii. Hannah Rogers, 8 b. June 14, 1826; m. Wil- 

liam F. Bowers Nov. 17, 1852. 

1264. iii. Joseph Merrill, 8 b. Oct. 1, 1828; m. Harriet 

A. Goodwin Apr. 28, 1863. 

DANIEL 7 (1220), b. Aug. 28, 1786. Issue : 

1265. i. Daniel A, 8 1266. ii. John. 8 

GARDNER 7 (1221), b. July 9, 1792; m. Frances G. 
Fletcher (802) May 10, 1815. He was an orderly sergt. in 
the U. S. service in 1812, and stationed in Boston harbor. 
He served until the close of the war under Cols. Page of 
Charlestown, Hastings of Townsend, and Dudley of Rox- 
bury, — Gen. Dearborn being commander-in-chief. 

About the time of his marriage, he went and settled in 
Nelson, N. H., and in 1819 went back to Chelmsford, and 



FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT VI. 117 

lived with his father on the old homestead three years. In 
1822 he engaged in the stone business, which he carried on 
successfully twenty years. He furnished the columns for 
Faneuil Hall market in Boston. In 1826, he rem. to the 
adjoining town of Westford, where he remained twelve years ; 
and in 1838, again returned to Chelmsford and built the 
house in which he still lives, near the meeting-house, on a 
part of the original grant to William 2 (3), and which has 
remained for more than two hundred years in possession of 
the family. 

He is a man of generous and benevolent disposition, and 
is enjoying a green old age. Their dau. : 

1267. Maria Hartwell, 8 b. in Chelmsford Aug. 13, 1819 ; 
m. N. B. Edwards, M.D., Oct. 30, 1845; d. 
May 2 6 , 1851. Children : 1 . Geo rge Henry , 
b. Jan. 14, 1848 ; d. Oct. 19, 1849. 2. Martha 
Frances, b. Feb. 20, 1850; d. Aug. 29, 1850. 
3. Maria Fletcher, b. May 26, 1851. 

SEWALL 7 (1228), b. Mar. 2, 1801. Issue : 

1274. vii. Lois A. 8 

1275. viii. Lyman P. 8 

1276. ix. Hannah. 8 

1277. x. Henry. 8 

1278. xi. Albert. 8 



ANDREW ^ (1237), b. Aug 3, 1806; m. Elvira Shaw. 
In the war of the Rebellion, he sent four sons to the front 
to uphold the flag of the Union. Res. Qsborn, Mo. Chil- 
dren : 

1279. i. Alfred P. 8 Res. Burnham, Me. 

1280. ii. AbnerW. 8 + 

1281. iii. George W. 8 In the war of the Rebellion in 

his bro. Abner's company; d. from a wound 
July 3, 1863, in St. James hospital, La. 

1282. iv. Benjamin F. 8 + 

1283. v. Augustine G. 8 In the war of the Rebellion, 

19th Reg. Me. vols. In the battles of Cedar 
Creek, Pleasant Hill, Mansfield, and others. 
Res. Burnham, Me. 

1284. vi. Charles V. 8 Res. Osborn, Mo. 

1285. vii. Sylvania. 8 



1268. 


i. 


Sarah. 8 


1269. 


ii. 


Lucy. 8 


1270. 


iii. 


Sewall W. 8 


1271: 


iv. 


Eliza A. 8 


1272. 


v. 


Rhena M. 8 


1273. 


vi. 


Mary J. 8 



118 FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT VL 

1286. viii. Angeline. 8 

1287. ix. Eliza W. 8 

NEHEMIAH 7 (1238), b. Nov. 8, 1809; killed in blast- 
ing rock 1842. Issue : 

1288. Lewis. 8 

CHRISTOPHER C. 7 (1245), b. Feb. 4, 1810; m. Susan 
H. Trask, of Hartford, Me. ; d. Oct. 3, 1858. Issue : 

1289. i. Christopher C. 8 ; m. Dorcas Tyler, and has 

three children. Names not known. 

1290. iL Daniel, 8 m. Roena Ryerson, of Hartford, Me. 

They had one dau. who d. young. 

ISRAEL A. 7 (1247), b. July 11, 1824; m. May 25, 
1845, Margaret Benson, of Hartford, Me. ; res. Sumner, 
Me. Children : 

1291. L Roscoe, 8 d. ae. ten. 

1292. iL Eugene, 8 b. 1848. 

1293. iii. Susannah, 8 b. 1863. ' 



LUCINDA 7 (1248), b. Mar. 20, 1793 ; m. Silas Butter- 
field, of Nashua, N. H., June 14, 1817. Issue: 1. Henri/ 
L., a physician now in Wanpan, Wis. 2. George W., a sur- 
veyor in Chicago, 111. 3. Harriet X., d. without issue. 

JOHN 7 (1249), b. Dec. 11, 1794, in that part of Chelms- 
ford which is now Lowell ; m. Dolly May 11, 1822 ; d. May 
2, 1842.. In his trade, as a machinist, he was distinguished. 
He was a most exemplary man, and a devoted Christian. 
Children ^ 

1294. i. Laura Maria, 8 b. Apr. 1, 1823 ; m. James 

Harris. Res. Tyngsboro', Ms. No issue. 

1295. ii. John Elliot, 8 b. Oct. 1, 1824 ; m. Ruth 

Stearns ; d. in California without issue. 

1296. Hi. Josiah Moody 8 +. 

HENRY 7 (1250), b. Mar. 9, 1797; m. Rhoda Coburn 
Nov. 1, 1S25, who was b. Aug. 27, 1799, and d. Jan. 6, 
1830. He d. Mar. 1, 1867, in Amherst, N. H. Children : 

1297. i. Lucy Ann, 8 b. in Lowell, Ms., Nov. 11, 1826 ; 

m. E. H. Spalding, of Nashua, N. H., Apr. 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART VI. 119 

5, 1849, and d. Feb. 13, 1859, leaving chil- 
dren : 1. George E., b. Mar. 26, 1850. 2. 
Lucy Ann, b. Dec. 7, 1851. 3. Henry 
Moses, b. May 15, 1854. 4. Waldo Bitter, 
b. Dec. 12, 1856. 5. Isaac, b. Feb. 3, 1859. 
All of these children, except Henry M., d. 
within the space of a few days in Dec. 1860, 
of diphtheria. 

1298. ii. Henry Alvin 8 +. 

PASCAL 7 (1251), b. Apr. 5, 1799 ; m. Kebecca Bowtell 
Jan. 2, 1827 ; d. June 29, 1860. Issue : 

1299. i. Charles P. 8 + 

1300. ii. William N. 8 + 

1301. iii. Ann E. 8 b. Jan. 16, 1831 ; m. Edwin E. Drake 

May 14, 1849. 

1302. iv. Harriet, 8 d. young. 

LAURA 7 (1252), b. May 27, 1801 ; m. William F. Mar- 
tin June 2, 1827, who d. Jan. 10, 1833 ; m. 2d, Jesse 
Bowers Nov. 11, 1835. Child of William F. and Laura 
Martin : 1. William F., d. Apr. 16, 1865, without issue : 

Children of Jesse and Laura Bowers : 2. Laura Maria, 
b. Mar. 12, 1839 ; m. George Whiting 1865. 3. Clara A., 
b. July 22, 1841 ; m. Frank A McKean 1863. 

RALPH? (1253), b. July 6, 1803; m. Prudence Jones 
Feb. 1827; had: 

1303. Franklin. 8 Res. Concord, N. H. 

LOAMI 7 (1254), b. June 15, 1805 ; m. Mary Ann Bow- 
tell Dec. 25, 1832. Issue: 

1304. i. Josiah F. 8 b. Sept. 27, 1833. Rem. to Fort 

Wavne, Ind. 

1305. ii. Edward 8 +. 

1306. iii. Martha M. 8 b. Apr. 10, 1839. 

1307. iv. Augusta B. 8 b. Dec. 19, 1841. 

1308. v. Mary Ann, 8 b. Apr. 26, 1844. 

FRANKLIN? (1255), b. Jan. 12, 1811; m. Jane Hum- 
phrey Nov. 15, 1855; d. Nov. 30, 1868, without issue. 
Farmer in Nashua, N. H. 



120 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART VL 



EIGHTH GENERATION. 

WILLIAM 8 (1259), b. July 10, 1819 ; m. Diantha E. 
Dustin, of Wentworth, N. H. Kepresentative in legisla- 
ture 1869. Farmer in Chelmsford, on a part of the original 
tract of William 2 (3), where his children were b., viz : 

1309. i. Charles Frederic 9 +. 

1310. ii. Mary Kate, 9 b. Sept. 2, 1849 ; d. 1866. 

1311. iii. Diantha Elizabeth, 9 b. — 14, 1855. 

1312. iv. Nellie Eosina, 9 b. July 16, 1858. 



ABNER W. 8 (1280), b. 1843; m. Frances P. Norton. 
In the war of the Rebellion, he, with three brothers, took 
an earnest part. He was Capt. of Co. A, 26th Reg. Me. in- 
fantry. In the battle of Irish Bend, La., Apr. 14, 1863, he 
lost one third of his Co. and was himself wounded. After- 
wards he was in the battles of Lafourche, Franklin, Port 
Hudson, La., and others. Res. Burnham, Me. Children: 

1313. i. Frederic L. 9 1314. ii. Ada M. 9 

BENJAMIN F. 8 (1282), b. in Troy, Me., Feb. 8, 1835 ; 
m. Mrs. Susan E. Carter, who d. June 10, 1868 ; m. 2d, 
Adeline F. Bennett, of Unity, Me., Nov. 22, 1868. He 
sailed around the world twice, and lived twelve years in Au- 
stralia. He enlisted in the war of the Rebellion, Co. A, 
16th Me. Reg. ; was transferred to the navy and took part 
in the capture of Plymouth, N. C. Res. Troy, Me. Child : 

1315. George A. 9 b. 1869. 



JOSIAH M. 8 (1296), b. in Halifax, Ms., Jan. 14, 1828 ; 
m. Caroline J. Eastman Jan. 23, 1851. Merchant in Nash- 
ua, N. H. Children : 

1316. i. Leon, 9 d. Sept. 1854. 

1317. ii. Ada, 9 d. Sept. 1854. 

1318. iii. Jennie, 9 d. voung. 

1319. iv. Laura A. 9 b. Sept. 22, 1857. 

1320. v. Albert, 9 d. young. 

1321. vi. Josiah Earnest, 9 b. July 5, 1868. 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART VI. 121 

HENRY A. 8 (1298), b. in Lowell, Ms., June 2, 1829; 
rn. Caroline McQuesten, who d. Dec. 12, 1860; he d. July 
20, 1867. Issue : 

1322. i. Elizabeth Ann, 9 b. May. 21, 1854. 

1323. ii. Clymena Augustus, 9 b. Dec. 2, 1856. 

1324. iii. William Franklin. 9 

The above three d. in 1860, within one 
week, of diphtheria. 

1325. iv. Alvin Coburn, 9 b. Sept. 28, 1860. 

CHARLES P. 8 (1299), b. June 13, 1827 ; m. Hannah C. 
Cline, 1854. Issue : 

1326. Louella, 9 b. Nov. 25, 1856. 

WILLIAM N. 8 (1300), b. May 4, 1829 ; m. Mary M. 
Toplin, 1855. Issue : 

1327. i. Elizabeth, 9 d. young. 

1328. ii. Gracia L. 9 b. Sept. 18, 1863. 

EDWARD 8 (1305), b. Sept. 8, 1835; m. Mary Pattee, 
1856. Issue : 

1329. i. Frank, 9 b. Nov. 23, 1857. 

1330. ii. Frederic. 9 

1331. iii. Nellie, 9 b. Oct. 1866. 



NINTH GENERATION. 

CHARLES F. 9 (1309), b. July 4, 1846 ; m. Mar. 16, 
1868, Angie A. Williams, of New York city. In the war of 
the Rebellion, enlisted in the 6th Reg. Ms. vols, one year, 
and then re-enlisted for three years in the 12th Me. Reg. 
One child : 

1332. Mary Kate, 10 b. May 3, 1869 ; d. Aug, 1870. 



16 



122 FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT VI. 

DESCENDANTS OF ROBERT 4 (55). 
FOURTH GENERATION. 

[Capt.] ROBERT 4 (55), b. in Chelmsford, Ms., 1691. 
He was one of the first settlers in that part of Dunstable 
which is now Tyngsboro', Ms. The first house erected was 
upon the east side of the Merrimack, the State line between 
N. H. and Ms. passing through the farm, which was very 
large. It appears that his mother d. here, as we find in the 
family burying-ground, the oldest gravestone bearing date, 
inscribed, " Sarah Fletcher relict of Lieutenant William 
Fletcher died Jan. 30, 1748, «t. 88 years." He d. Sept. 20, 
1773, and his gravestone is by the side of that of his mother. 
Issue : 

1333. i. Robert 5 +. 1337. v. Elizabeth. 5 

1334. ii. Jacob 5 +. 1338. vi. Mary. 5 ' 

1335. iii. Elijah 5 -)-. 1339. vii. Name unknown. 

1336. iv. Sarah. 5 1340. viii. Name unknown. 

FIFTH GENERATION. 

EOBERT 5 (1333), b. 1727; m. Sarah Blanchard Sept. 
17, 1761. Settled in that part of Dunstable which is now 
Nashua, N. H. 

"Eobert Fletcher deposed at Dunstable, Apr. 1774, that 
Benjamin Whiting said in conversation, that a man in de- 
ponent's place that did not endeavor that the acts of Parlia- 
ment should be executed, ought to be damned." Issue : 

1341. i. William 6 +. 1346. vi. Grace. 6 

1342. ii. Robert 6 +. 1347. vii. Mary. 6 

1343. iii. Sarah. 6 1348. viii. Hannah Blanchard 6 +. 

1344. iv. Eebecca. 6 1349. ix. Catharine. 6 

1345. v. Elizabeth. 6 

JACOB 5 (1334) lived and d. on his father's homestead. 
Issue : 

1350. i. Washington, 5 never m. 

1351. ii. William, 6 m. Cutter, and settled in 

Nashua. 

1352. iii. Robert, 6 lived and d. on a part of the old place. 

1353. iv. Asa, 6 went to Missouri. 

1354. v. Susan, 6 unm. 



FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT VI. 123 

1355. vi. Mary, 6 m. Pierce, and rem. to Burling- 

ton, Vt. 

ELIJAH 5 (1335), b. 1735; m. Mercy Butterfield. He 
built a large house at the bend of the Merrimack River, in 
old Dunstable, known as the "horseshoe." He d. Sept. 21, 
1798, as appears on his gravestone in Tyngsboro'. A stone 
also records that Mrs. Mercy Pike, relict of Isaac Pike, and 
formerly wife of Elijah Fletcher, d. Mar. 19, 1825, ae. 76. 
Issue : 

1356. i. Elijah 6 +. 

1357. ii. Moses, 6 went to Jefferson City, Mo., and d. 

there, leaving two sons, names not known. 

1358. iii. Elizabeth, 6 m. Wyman, of Pelham, N. H. 

1359. iv. Mary, 6 m. Palmer, of Pelham, N. H. 

1360. v. Mercy, 6 m. Howard, of Tyngsboro', Ms. 

1361. vi. Sarah, 6 m. J. Conant, of Pelham, N. H. 

1362. vii. Rebecca, 6 m. Major Daniel Hardy. 

1363. ix. Joseph, 6 d. young. 

1364. x. David, 6 d. youn^. 



SIXTH GENERATION. 

WILLIAM 6 (1341), b. in Tyngsboro', Ms. (then Dun- 
stable), 1759; m. Susannah Cutter. Farmer. Rem. to Mis- 
souri, where he d. Oct. 10, 1829. Shed. Aug. 21, 1826, 
ae. 66. Issue : 

1365. i. William 7 +. 

1366. ii. Robert, 7 b. in Tyngsboro', 1792 ; m. Ma- 

gee ; drowned in the Merrimack River Nov. 
1834. 

1367. iii. Asa, 7 m. Betsey Ratcliffe ; settled in Good 

Hope, Leake Co., Miss., where he has several 
children ; names not known. 

1368. iv. Susan, 7 unm. 

1369. v. Mary, 7 m. Adams ; res. Burlington, Yt. 

ROBERT 6 (1342), b. in old Dunstable, N. H., 1762 ; m. 
Temperance Gordon Dec. 2, 1784. Issue : 

1370. i. Temperance. 7 1374. v. Aslam. 7 

1371. ii. Mary. 7 1375. vi. Agnes P. 7 

1372. iii. Robert. 7 1376. vii. Rufus. 7 

1373. iv. Christiana. 7 1377. viii. Catharine. 



124 FLETGHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT VI. 

1378. ix. George +. 1380. xi. Henry. 

1379. x. Catharine. 1381. xii. Margaret. 

HANNAH B. 6 (1348), b. Oct. 13, 1773. Lived to ad- 
vanced age in Merrimack, N. H. ; unm. 



[Capt.] ELIJAH 6 (1356), b. 1774; m. Rhoda, dau. of 
Capt. Walker, of Bunker Hill renown. She d. Apr. 2, 
1822, ae. 48. He d. Apr. 24, 1822. He lived and d. on 
his father's place. Issue : 

1382. i. Elijah, 7 m. Hannah P. Haselton. Lived and 

d. on his father's place. No issue : 

1383. ii. Benjamin. 7 

1384. iii. Joseph, 7 lives in Tyngsboro'. 

1385. iv. Rhoda, 7 m. Luther Butterfield, Esq. ; res. 

Tyngsboro'. 

SEVENTH GENERATION. 

WILLIAM 7 (1365), b. in Tyngsboro', Ms., Dec. 2, 1790 ; 
m. May 5, 1818, Susannah Wood, of Nottingham, Ms. ; set- 
tled in Nashua, N. H. ; d. Mar. 30, 1870. Farmer, and boat- 
man on the Middlesex canal. Issue : 

1386. i. George W. 8 b. Oct. 13, 1819 ; d. young. 

1387. ii. Asa 8 4-. 

1388! iii! Robert H. 8 b. Feb. 5, 1823. 

1389. iv. William H. 8 b. in Dunstable Feb. 9, 1825; 

d. Nov. 15, 1826. 

1390. v. Jarvis J. 8 b. in Dunstable Jan. 28, 1827; m. 

Martha Shaw, of Alstead, N. H. 

1391. vi. Charles D. 8 b. Apr. 13, 1829 ; d. Oct. 19, 

1858. 

1392. vii. Adelia S. 8 b. in Dunstable July 7, 1831 ; m. 

Benjamin G. Hubbard. 

1393. viii. Moses G. 8 +. 

GEORGE 7 (1378), b. Dec. 3, 1801; m. Mary Eliza 
Cornwell, Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 26, 1831, where he res. He 
held for many years a position in a bank in New York city. 

1394. i. George Gordon, 8 b. Nov. 16, 1833. 

1395. ii. Albert, 8 b. June 23, 1838. 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART VI. 125 



EIGHTH GENERATION. 

ASA 8 (1387), b. Dec. 24, 1820 ; m. June 10, 1856, Mrs. 
E. W. Willard, nee Houghton, in Winchester, Ms. Carpen- 
ter and lumber dealer. 

In the war of the Rebellion, he volunteered Aug. 2, 1862, 
for three years, or during the war. He was attached to the 
Andrews Sharp-shooters, which company he joined Sept. 
13, 1856, at Frederic City. The next day, Sept. 14, he 
went into the battle at Antietam, and at about eleven A. M. 
a ball passed through his right lung ; and then, while lying 
upon the field, he was struck on the arm by a fragment of a 
shell. In this condition he was taken prisoner. His wounds, 
though considered fatal, were dressed by a surgeon ; but in 
about forty-eight hours, being unable to march, he was 
abandoned with other wounded men of both armies, and the 
ground on which they lay was regained by the Union troops. 
After remaining on the battle-ground eight days, during 
which time he received some care, he was rem. to Frederic 
City, and thence to Philadelphia. Then at the regular hos- 
pital at Germantown, he received the best of care and treat- 
ment, so that October 30, he was discharged and returned 
home. 

MOSES G. 8 (1393), b. in Nashua, N. H., June 29, 1837 ; 
m. Arianna E. Cady Aug. 20, 1860. Children, all b. in N. : 

1396. i. Nellie, 9 b. Mar. 20, 1861. 

1397. ii. Mary G. 9 b. June 28, 1863. 

1398. iii. Henry O. 9 b. Feb. 23, 1865. 



DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM 4 (50). 
FOURTH GENERATION. 

WILLIAM 4 (50). His father settled in Chelmsford 
before the town was organized, and there is no record of his 
birth. His wife's name was Tabitha. He lived in Chelms- 
ford, and all his children were b. there, viz : 

1399. i. Lucy, 5 b. Feb. 21, 1710. 

1400. ii. Stephen 5 +. 



126 FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT VI. 

1401. iii. William 5 +. 

1402. iv. Tabitha, 5 b. Dec. 26, 1721. 

1403. v. Thankful, 5 b. Sept. 25, 1731. 

FIFTH GENERATION. 

STEPHEN 5 (1400), b. Apr. 3, 1713; m. Susannah Co- 
burn ; settled at Chelmsford Neck, now Lowell, Ms. Farmer. 
Issue : 

1404. i. Mercy, 6 b. Feb. 17, 1741-2. 

1405. ii. Oliver. 6 

1406. iii. Lucy, 6 b. Feb. 25, 1745. 

1407. iv. Uriah, 6 b. Sept. 15, 1746. 

1408. v. Stephen, 6 b. July 2, 1748. 

1409. vi. Tabitha, 6 b. Sept. 30, 1751. 

1410. vii. Obadiah, 6 b. Apr. 14, 1761. 

1411. viii. Sarah, 6 b. Aug. 16, 1762 ; m. Charles Fletcher 

(2255), of Wilton, N. EL, June 6, 1780. 

WILLIAM 5 (1401), b. Oct. 16, 1716; m. Mary Blod- 
gett, of Litchfield, N. H., Dec. 31, 1747. Settled with his 
bro. William at Chelmsford Neck. Farmer. Issue : 

1412. i. Jonathau, 6 b. Dec. 18, 1748. 

1413. ii. Zaccheus 6 -f-. 

1414. iii. Jonathan 6 +. 

1415. iv. Levi 6 +. 

1416. v. Mary, 6 b. Oct. 15, 1760. 

1417. vi. Leefy, 6 b. May 15, 1762. 

SIXTH GENERATION. 

OLIVEK 6 (1405), b. Sept. 6, 1743. Issue : 

1418. Sybil, 7 m. Zaccheus Fletcher (1413) Sept. 18, 1794. 

ZACCHEUS 6 (1413), b. Dec. 27, 1751; m. Sybil Flet- 
cher (1418) Sept. 18, 1794. Was in the Revolutionary war. 
Issue : 

1419. Oliver. 7 

JONATHAN 6 (1414), b. May 15, 1755; m. Eebecca 
Cory, May, 1784. Enlisted in the Revolution, and served 
to the end of the war. Issue : 

1420. i. Zophar. 7 1422. iii. Polly. 7 

1421. ii. Anna. 7 1423. iv. Selon. 7 



FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT VI. 127 

LEVI, 6 (1415), b. Mar. 3, 1757 ; m. Phebe Holt. Chil- 
dren, all b. in Chelmsford : 

1422. i. William, 7 b. Sept. 2, 1791. Farmer in Low- 

ell, Ms. 

1423. ii. Phebe, 7 b. Apr. 1, 1794; d. 1864. 

1424. iii. Shnah Holt, 7 b. in Chelmsford (now Lowell) 

Mar. 24, 1796 ; m. Joseph Fletcher, jr. 
(1224), of Amherst, N. H., Jan. 2, 1826. 

1425. iv. Zaccheus 7 +. 

1426. v. Leefy, 7 b. Mar. 28, 1802. Res. Lowell. 



SEVENTH GENERATION. 

ZACCHEUS 7 (1425), b. Aug. 9, 1798 ; m. Adeline Aus- 
tin. Col. of militia ; machinist ; res. Mansfield, Ms. Issue : 

1427. i. Louisa Adeline ; m. Adoniram J. White. 

1428. ii. Charlotte Augusta ; m. George G. Chase. 



DESCENDANTS OF DANIEL 4 (58). 
FOURTH GENERATION. 

DANIEL 4 (58), b. 1697. Issue: 

1429. i. Gideon. 5 1432. iv. Name unknown, 

1430. ii. Samuel. 5 1433. v. Name unknown, 

1431. iii. Levi. 5 



128 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PAST TIL 



PART VII. 

COMPRISING THE DESCENDANTS OF SAMUEL 4 (62), ISAAC* (66), 
AND WILLIAM* (67), 



DESCENDANTS OF SAMUEL 4 (62). 
FOURTH GENERATION. 



M^3 



SAMUEL 4 (62), b. in Chelmsford, Ms., Sept. 5, 1684; 
m. Hannah . Lived in Chelmsford, where all his chil- 
dren were b., viz : 

1434. i. Samuel, 5 b. Mar. 17, 1713; d. young, j 






1435. ii. Jacob, 5 b. Mar. 17, 1715; d. Feb. >6, 1716. 

}f£ - iL S aVld ht' £ twins, b. Nov. 9, 1718. 

1437. iv. Hannah, 5 $ 

1438. v. Elizabeth, 5 b. Mar. 9, 1719-20; m. Jonathan 

Keyes, of Westford, Jan. 20, 1746. 

1439. vi. Samuel, 5 b. Apr. 20, 1722. 

1440. vii. Susannah, 5 b. Dec. 29, 1723. 

1441. viii. Jacob 5 +. 

1442. ix. John 5 +.vf 

1443. x. Abigail. 5 .XK / ? S / ^ ■/ 



FIFTH GENERATION. 



jrfpa 



DAVID 5 (1436), b. Nov. 9, 1718 ; m. Mary Butterfield. 
Ees. Westford, Ms., where all their children were b., viz. : 



1444. 


i. Oliver 6 +. 


1445. 


ii. Samuel 6 +. 


1446. 


iii. Joanna, 6 b. June 21, 1747 ; m. Seth Fletcher 




(1885), of Westford, Ms.; d. June 19, 




1842, ae. 95. For further particulars, see 




(1885). 


1447. 


iv. Willard 6 +. 


1448. 


v. David 6 +. 


1449. 


vi. Jeremiah 6 +. 



1450. vii. Andrew 6 +. 

JACOB 5 (1441), b. in Chelmsford, Ms., Apr. 4, 1725; 
m. Kuth Trull Dec. 11, 1746. Issue : 



FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PAMT VII. 129 

1451. i. Euth. 6 

1452. ii. Rebecca, 6 b. in Westford, Ms., Dec. 18, 1754. 

JOHN 5 (1442), m. Miss Parkhurst; lived in old Dun- 
stable, N. H. Issue : 

1453. i. Mary, 6 m. Forsdick. 

1454. ii. John 6 +. 

1455. iii. Philip, 6 m. Miss Searls. No issue. 

1456. iv. Sarah, 6 m. Harris. 

1457. v. Jacob. 6 



SIXTH GENERATION. 

OLIVER 6 (1444), b. Sept. 25, 1743 ; m. Sarah Fletcher 
(1889) Sept. 22, 1768, in Westford, Ms., where he lived. 
Issue : 

1458. i. Oliver, 7 b. Nov. 28, 1769. Killed in battle 

near Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., in the last war 
with England. Unm. 

1459. ii. Sarah, 7 b. Apr. 29, 1771; d. 1797; unm. 

1460. iii. Joanna, 7 b. June 12, 1773; m. Ira Spaulding, 

of Chelmsford, Ms. Children: 1. Sop hro- 
nia. 2. Mary. 3. Benjamin. 4. Ira. 5. 
Charles. 6. Sarah. 7. Anna. 8. Par- 
melia. 

1461. iv. Olive, 7 b. 1775 ; m. Jesse Hildreth, of West- 

ford, Ms., Mar. 24, 1801. Children : 1. 
Sophia, m. George W. Worcester. 2. Ben- 
jamin Franklin. 3. Olive, d. unm. 4. 

Jesse, m. Ingalls. 5. Mehitabel, d. 

unm. 6. Betsey. 7. Lucy, d. unm. 8. 
Mary Ann. 9. James. 10. Harriet. 

1462. v. Lucy, 7 m. John Gray ; res. Lowell, Ms. Chil- 

dren: 1. John, d. young. 2. Jesse. 3. 
Lucy. 

1463. vi. Betsey, 7 b. Feb. 1779 ; m. Stephen Spaulding, 

of Chelmsford, Ms. Children: 1. Eliza. 
2. Stephen. 3. Asa. 4. Elbridge G. 

1464. vii. Parmelia, 7 b. May 12, 1784; m. Cyrus Ken- 

dall, of Billeiica, Ms., Aug. 12, 1827. No 
issue. 
17 



130 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PABT VII. 

SAMUEL 6 (1445), b. Oct. 13, 1745; m. Olive Wright 
Jan. 15, 1771. Lived in Hollis, N. H. Issue : 
• 1465. i. Samuel. 7 1469. v. Amos. 7 

1466. ii. Joel. 7 1470. vi. Mary. 7 

1467. iii. Benjamin. 7 1471. vii. Oliver. 7 

1468. iv. Isaac. 7 

WILLAKD 6 (1447), b. Aug. 21, 1749 ; m. Abigail Had- 
ley Dec. 26, 1775 ; d. Nov. 30, 1825. Lived and d. in 
Westford, where all his children were b., viz : 

1469. i. Mary, 7 b. Sept. 17, 1776; m. Abij ah Wright 

Sept. 7, 1800. 

1470. ii. Willard 7 +. 

1471. iii. Abigail, 7 b. Jan. 17, 1781; m. — — Hadley. 
. 1472. iv. Abby, 7 b. Aug. 28, 1782. 

1473. v. Loammi 7 -[-. 

1474. vi. David 7 +. 

1475. vii. Orpah, 7 b. Mar. 14, 1794 ; m, Thomas Fletcher 

(786) Aug. 9, 1812; d. in Westford about 
1868. 

1476. viii. Nancy, 7 b. Sept. 13, 1797; d. about 1819. 

1477. ix. Cyrus 7 +. 

DAVID 6 (1448), b. June 8, 1752; m. Joanna Stevens, 
of Chelmsford, Nov. 17, 1774, who d. Sept. 18, 1778, four 
days after the birth of their dau. ; m. 2d, Sarah Richardson 
Nov. 22, 1779. Lived in Westford. Dau. : 

1478. Joanna, 8 b. Sept. 14, 1778, in Westford, where 

she m. James Chamberlin Mar. 9, 1796 ; d. 
Sept. 18, 1778. 

JEEEMIAH 6 (1449), b. Apr. 9, 1756; m. Elizabeth 
Perham, of Dunstable, Ms.; d. in Wilton, N. H., 1839. 
Children, all b. in Westford, Ms. : 

1479. i. Betsey, 7 b. Feb. 14, 1785 ; m. Benjamin Wal- 

ker, of Wilton, Me., 1802. Children: 1. 
Betsey, b. July 3, 1804; res. Boston, Ms. 
2. Benjamin F., b. June 20, 1806; res. 
Lowell, Ms. 3. Jeremiah, b. Jan. 5, 1808 ; 
res. Wilton, Me. 4. Abbott, b. Sept. 3, 
1809 ; d. young. 5. Barker, b. July 13, 
1811 ; res. Wilton. . 6. Bewail, b. Nov. 2, 
1813 ; res. Wilton. 7. Dorothy, b. Nov. 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — TART VII. 131 

21, 1815 ; res. Boston, Ms. 8. Rebecca, b. 
Nov. 28, 1817, in Chicago, 111. 9. William 
A., b. July 28, 1821; settled in Illinois. 
10. Lemuel P., b. Oct. 5, 1824; settled in 
Wilton. 11. Sylvester, b. May 31, 1826. 

1480. ii. Polly, 7 b. Apr. 25, 1786 ; d. Apr. 21, 1869; 

unra. 

1481. iii. Asa 7 -f-. 

1482. iv. Rebecca, 7 b. July 10, 1789 ; m. James Bailey, 

of Farmington, 1820. Children: 1. Eliza- 
beth Ann. 2. Joseph G. 3. Rebecca. 4. 
Martha. 

1483. v. Jeremiah 7 +. 

1484. vi. Charlotte, 7 b. Mar. 3, 1793 ; m. Timothy 

More ; rem. to Illinois ; d. 1860. 

1485. vii. Lemuel 7 +. 

1486. viii. Jesse 7 +. 

1487. ix. Lucinda, 7 b. 1801; d. young. 

1488. x. Joanna, 7 b. May 11, 1803; m. Elias Eaton, 

of Wilton, Me., and settled in Indiana. She 
d. 1862. Children: 1. James. 2. David. 
3. Mary. 4. Caroline. 5. Abby. 6. Tru- 
warthy. 7. Warren. 8. Elias. 

1489. xi. David 7 +. 

ANDREW 6 (1450), b. Mar. 25, 1761 ; m. Lydia Wright 
Nov. 25, 1784, who was b. July 28, 1765, and d. Aug. 12, 

1818 ; m. 2d, Mrs. Mary Hapgood, of Acton, Ms., Dec. 19, 

1819 ; m. 3d, Abigail Hildreth Dec. 13, 1838 ; d. Aug. 
23, 1843. He is styled "Lieut." in the church records at 
the time he was elected deacon in 1810, which office he 
resigned 1824. In all the relations of life, he was without 
reproach. In society, in the church, and in the family, he 
was true always to his principles, and was loved and re- 
spected. Children, all by his first wife, and all b. in West- 
ford : 

1490. i. Andrew 7 +. 

1491. ii. Jotham, 7 b. Jan. 19, 1787 ; d. June 3, 1866; 

unm. Farmer. 

1492. iii. Patty, 7 b. Mar. 30, 1790 ; m. David Eastman, 

of Strafford, Vt., May 31, 1815 ; d. Feb. 18, 
1861. Children : 1. John, b. Sept. 23, 
1816. 2. William, b. Mar. 9, 1818. 3. 



132 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PABT VII. 

Andrew F., b. June 27, 1819 ; d. Jan. 20, 
1849. 4. Martha, b. May 7, 1821 ; d. Apr. 
10, 1829. 5. George, b. Aug. 19, 1823. 6. 
Mary A., b. Oct. 26, 1825. 7. Almira, 
b. Dec. 16, 1827. 8. Martha M., b. July, 
1830 ; d. Nov. 4, 1843. 9. Sophia, b. Sept. 
27, 1832. 

1493. iv. Lucy, 7 b. Nov. 26, 1793 ; m. Willard Jones, 

of Vershire, Vt., Jan. 23, 1820. Children : 
1. Freeman. 2. Permeann. 3. Vilona. 4. 
Hibbard Fletcher. 5. Lucy. 6. Philena. 

1494. v. Hannah, 7 b. Jan. 18, 1796; m. Imla Keyes, 

of Westford, Ms., Sept. 30, 1816; d. Dec. 
5, 1856. He d. Oct. 3, 1861. Issue: 1. 
George, b. Sept. 18, 1817. 2. Lydia, b. 
Feb.' 14, 1819. 3. Joseph W., b. May 2, 
1820 ; m. Rebecca Fletcher (1539), of 
Westford, 1868. 4. Liberty, and 5, Lydia, 
twins, b. May 22, 1822. Liberty m. Re- 
becca Pierce, and d. Oct. 6, 1856, leaving 
one son : George H. Keyes. Lydia m. 
Thaddeus W. Davis, of Tyngsboro', Ms., 
July 4, 1846 ; d. 1871. 6. Otis, b. Apr. 9, 
1824 ; m. Lucy Ann Turrell, of Nashua, N. 
H., June 2, 1855. Children: Rosina Tur- 
rell, b. Mar, 18, 1856. Henry O. Turrell, 
o. May 17, 1858. Alice M. Turrell, b. Nov. 
16, 1861. Edward H. Turrell, b. Oct. 14, 
1863. 7. Rufus, b. Jan. 30, 1826. 8. Ed- 
ward, b. Nov. 9, 1827 ; m. Lucy J. Rich- 
ardson, of Groton, Ms., June 1, 1855. In 
the war of the Rebellion four years, and d. 
in S. C. Aug. 16, 1865. Dau : Lucy E. 
Keyes, b. Mar. 22, 1856. 9. Martha Maria, 
b. Nov. 2, 1829; d. Oct. 11, 1856. 10. 
Emeline, b. June 29, 1831 ; m. Francis A. 
Proctor, of Lunenburg, Ms., Dec. 8, 1858. 
Children : Howard Proctor, Arthur Proctor, 
Emma E. Proctor, Nellie Proctor. 11. 
James, b. and d. Aug. 1833. 12. Cornelia 
F., b. Dec. 5, 1834. "l3. barah E., b. July 
4, 1839. She was a very amiable and patri- 
otic young lady. She volunteered to go 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART VII. 133 

South, and was engaged in teaching a colored 
school in N. C, where she d. June 6, 1866. 

1495. vi. Sophia, 7 b. June 7, 1798 ; m. George W. 

Jones, of Vershire, Vt., Jan. 19, 1825. 
Children: 1. George. Z.Mary. 3. Cutler, 

1496. vii. Asenath, 7 b. Dec. 25, 1800 ; m. Ephraim 

Wright, of Westford, June 1, 1820, who d. 
1860. Children : 1. Mary F., b. Aug. 11, 
1821. 2. Henry 0., b. Jan. 19, 1824; d. 
Feb. 2, 1835. 3. Abram, b. Feb. 16, 1828. 
4. George Fletcher,. b. July 25, 1831; m. 
Harriet E. Wright Sept. 13, 1860, who was 
b. Apr. 16, 1841. Their children : George 
M. Wright, b. Apr. 12, 1865. Herbert N.' 
Wright, b. Mar. 13, 1867. 5. Mary A., 
b. Nov. 16, 1833; d. Dec. 13, 1834. 6. 
Martha A., b. Dec. 5, 1835; m. Sampson 
Fletcher, 2125. 7. Sarah P., b. Mar. 10, 
1838. 

1497. viii. Jesse, 7 b. Aug. 9, 1804; drowned in Nebu- 

nesset pond, near his father's residence, July 
29, 1821. 

1498. ix. Lydia, 7 b. May 16, 1808; m. Ephraim But- 

trick, a carpenter of Nashua, N. H., Nov. 
11, 1835. Children : 1. Mary A., b. Aug. 
23, 1836. 2. Harriet J., b. July 22, 1839. 
3. Lucy A., b. Feb. 15, 1843 ; d. July 12, 
1844. 4. Harvey F., b. and d. 1845. 5. 
Martha M., b. Sept. 10, 1846; d. Apr. 7, 
1847. 6. Edwin F., b. Apr. 23, 1848; d. 
Sept. 2, 1849. 7. Fdivard F., b. Sept. 19, 
1851; d. June 18, 1853. 

JOHN 6 (1454), m. Ruth Butterfield ; d. in Dunstable, N. 
H., Apr. 10, 1787. Children : 

1499. i. Elijah, 7 b. in old Dunstable, N. H., 1784; d. 

in Wilton, Me., Apr. 12, 1814; unm. 

1500. ii. Abner 7 +. 

SEVENTH GENERATION. 

WILLAED 7 (1470), b. Oct. 21, 1778; m. Sally Spaul- 
cling, in Chelmsford, Apr. 18, 1808. Lived in Westford, 
where his children were b. : 

1501. i. Sarah Maria, 8 b. Mar. 21, 1809. 



134 FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT VII. 

1502. ii. Belinda, 8 b. Nov. 24, 1810; m. Francis Rich- 

ardson, of Providence, E. I. 

LOAMMI 7 (1473), b. Apr. 22, 1788; m. Sarah .Caryl, 
of Dummerston, Vt. ; rem. to Clarendon, O., where he d. 
Mar. 8, 1867. Issue : 

1503. i. Calvin, 8 d. 1857. 

1504. ii. Cyrus. 8 

1505. iii. A dau., name not known, m. John Mastie, of 

Clarendon, O. 

1506. iv. Sarah, 8 m. Anson Delong. Kes. in St. An- 

thony, Min. 

DAVID 7 (1474), b. Feb. 6, 1790; m. Ann Warren, of 
Chelmsford, Ms., Dec. 2, 1819, who d. Oct. 31, 1837. He 
d. Apr. 22, 1864. Issue: 

1507. i. Joseph Warren 8 +. 

1508. ii. Jefferson H. 8 b. Dec. 29, 1822 ; m. Elizabeth 

Emerson, of Underhill, Vt., May, 1835. 

1509. iii. Caroline A. 8 b. May 11, 1825 ; m. George W. 

Clark, of Vt., May 12, 1848. Children: 
1. George. 2. Lillian. 3. Rosamond. 4. 
Monteray. 

1510. iv. Alden B. 8 b. May 3, 1829 ; d. June 1, 1836. 

1511. v. Maria J. 8 b. Aug. 13, 1833 ; d. June 13, 1852. 

CYRUS 7 (1477), b. Nov. 4, 1802 ; m. Clarissa Puffer, of 
Stow, Ms., who d. Sept. 14, 1848; m. 2d, widow Evnline 
Hildreth. Rem. to Townsend, Ms., where he d. Oct. 11, 
1857. Issue: 

1512. i. Nancy A. 8 b. Apr. 26, 1832 ; m. George H. 

Stiles Dec. 2, 1854. Children: 1. George 
II., b. Sept. 14, 1855. 2. Emily A., b. 
Mar. 4, 1859. 3. Anna M., b. Apr. 8, 
1864. 4. Lilla F., b. May 23, 1866. 

1513. ii. Henry, 8 b. Apr. 10, 1834; d. Sept. 8, 1856. 

1514. iii. Edward E. 8 + 

1515. iv. Joseph Willard, 8 b. Jan. 14, 1842. In the 

war of the Rebellion, Co. D, 105th N. Y. 
vols., fourteen months, and in Co. I, 8th 
Vt., sixteen months. Lost an arm in the 
battle of Cedar Creek, Va. Telegrapher in 
St. Peters, Min. 

1516. v. Eugene, 8 b. Mar. 22, 1845 ; d. Jan. 16, 1865. 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART VII. 135 

ASA 7 (1481), b. Sept. 10, 1787; m. Hannah Brown, of 
Wilton, Me., 1816. Settled on Dead River, where he d. 
1852. Issue: 

1517. i. Lucinda. 8 1522. vi. Mary. 8 

1518. ii. Hannah B. 8 1523. vii. Jeremiah. 8 

1519. iii. Asa S. 8 1524. viii. Abigail. 8 

1520. iv. Benjamin. 8 1525. ix. James. 8 

1521. v. Freeman. 8 1526. x. Alban. 8 

JEREMIAH 7 (1483), b. Apr. 23, 1791 ; m. Sally Gould, 
of Wilton, Me., 1819, who d. 1840; m. 2d, Sarah Ladd, of 
Danville, N. H. ; d, 1860. Issue : 

1527. i. Andrew W. 8 1529. iii. John G. 8 

1528. ii. RhoenaA. 8 

LEMUEL 7 (1485), b. Mar. 25, 1795 ; m. Mary Currier, 
of Chester, N. H. Settled in Indiana, where they d. Issue : 
John, 8 d. young. 
Mary, 8 m. and d. 
Franklin, 8 lawyer ; d. soon after he commenced 

practice. 
Lucinda. 8 

George, 8 physician. 
Caroline, 8 d. soon after her marriage. 
Charles, 8 physician. 

JESSE 7 (1486), b. June 9, 1798; m. Dolly Medcalf, of 
Anson, Me., who d. 1866. He d. Dec. 1869. Issue : 

1537. Elizabeth Ann. 8 

DAVID 7 (1489), b. June 20, 1805 ; m. Sarah A. Stick- 
ney, of Chesterville, Sept. 26, 1833. Res. East Wilton, Me. 
Issue : 

1538. i. Ann E. 8 b. Feb. 5, 1836 ; m. Gilbert L. 

Heald, of Carlisle, Ms., now res. in East 
Wilton. ■ 

1539. ii. Lucy C. 8 b. Feb. 5, 1838 ; m. John D. Hardy. 

1540. iii. George M. 8 +. 

1541. iv. Abbie J. 8 b. Feb. 9, 1843. 

1542. v. Mary C. 8 b. Dec. 21, 1846; m. Alonzo B. 

Adams, July, 1870. 

1543. vi. Walter Burton, 8 b. Apr. 23, 1856. 



1530. 


i. 


1531. 


ii. 


1532. 


iii. 


1533. 


iv. 


1534. 


v. 


1535. 


vi. 


1536. 


vii. 



136 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART VII. 

ANDREW 7 (1490), b. Sept. 19, 1785; m. Rebecca 
Hutchins Nov. 28, 1816, who d. Sept. 7, 1820, ae. 25 ; m. 
2d, Laura Chandler Sept. 27, 1821, who d. Nov. 21, 1846, 
ae. 46. He d. Jan. 17, 1854. Children of Andrew and 
Rebecca : 

1544. i. Esther, 8 b. Jan. 5, 1818 ; m. Nathaniel Sweet- 

ser Oct. 9, 1851. Children : 1. George JV. 9 
b. Jan. 19, 1854. 2. Judson F., b. July 6, 
1856. 3. Rebecca JS. 9 b. Dec. 8, 1857. 4. 
Warren P., b. Aug. 9, 1860. 

1545. ii. Rebecca, 8 b. Dec. 21, 1818; m. Joseph W. 

Keyes, her cousin, son of Hannah (1494), 
June 24, 1868. 

1546. iii. George Washington, 8 b. and d. 1820. 

Children of Andrew and Laura : 

1547. iv. Augustus Nelson, 8 b. June 20, 1822 ; d. Aug. 

6, 1847. 

1548. v. George Alanson, 8 b. Oct. 14, 1823 ; d. Dec. 

9, 1851. 

1549. vi. Andrew 8 +,) , . , A „ 100 ~ 
1KKA •• t i- s > twins, b. Aug. 7, 1826. 

1550. vn. Lydia, 8 5 ' & ' 

Lydia m. Abram Brown, of Billerica, Ms., 
Jan. 23, 1869. 

1551. viii. Laura Ann, 8 b. Feb. 23, 1828. 

1552. ix. Lorenzo Newton. 8 

1553. x. JoelAlbro. 8 



ABNER 7 (1500), b. Oct. 10, 1786; m. Betsey Lyford 
Mar. 21, 1812, in Livermore, Me. She d. in Wilton, Me., 
June 2, 1867. Children, all b. in Wilton : 

1554. i. George W. 8 b. Dec. 20, 1812 ; d. Feb. 5, 1814. 

1555. ii. Mary J. 8 b. Jan. 13, 1815; m. Otis Curtis 

Nov. 21, 1839. 

1556. iii. Permelia, 8 b. Mar. 22, 1817 ; d. Nov. 19, 1842, 

in Wilton, Me. 

1557. iv. Ruth B. 8 b. and d. 1818. 

1558. v. Elizabeth J. 8 b. Feb. 17, 1820; m. Jacob O. 

Eaton Mar. 21, 1844. 

1559. vi. Nathaniel L. 8 +• 

1560. vii. John W. 8 + 

1561. viii. Abner H. 8 + 

1562. ix. Oliver F. 8 b. Apr. 14, 1828 ; m. Emily Hath- 

away June 2, 1852. 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART VII. 137 

1563. x. Sophronia A. 8 b. Feb. 19, 1830; m. William 

M. Bryant June 2, 1852. 

1564. xi. KuthB. 8 b. Feb. 15, 1832. 

1565. xii. Philip P. 8 b. Mar. 13, 1834. 

1566. xiii. Sarah P. 8 b. Mar. 14, 1836. 



EIGHTH GENERATION. 

JOSEPH W. 8 (1507), b. July 10, 1821; m. Hannah E. 
Fellows, of Bristol, N. H., Nov. 12, 1846. Issue : 

1567. Clarence W. 9 b. May 27, 1854. 

EDWARD E. 8 (1514), b. Feb. 7, 1839 ; m. Welthea 
Nutting, 1860; killed Jan. 16, 1868, with his bro. Eugene, 
in Burlington, Vt., by the explosion of a steam boiler. 
Issue : 

1568. i. Clarence, 9 b. 1861. 

1569. ii. Florence. 9 

GEORGE M. 8 (1540), b. May 17, 1841; m. Ella A. 
Butterfield; res. Bangor, Me. Child: 

1570. Alice May. 9 

ANDREW 8 (1549), b. Aug. 7, 1826 ; m. Martha Gould 
Mar. 30, 1861. Farmer. Issue: 

1571. i. Herbert E. 9 b. May 10, 1862. 

1572. ii. Henry Andrew, 9 b. Aug. 11, 1864. 

1573. iii. Carrie Mabel, 9 b. Apr. 23, 1869. 

NATHANIEL L. 8 (1559), b. Jan. 27, 1822 ; m. Caroline 
L. Burton Apr. 5, 1847, in Weld, Me. ; res. E. Dixfield, 

1574. i. Ellen L. 9 b. Jan. 21, 1848, in Wilton, Me. 

1575. ii. Arthur L. 9 b. June 23, 1860, in Westerly, R. I. 

JOHN W. 8 (1560), b. Mar. 17, 1824; m. Sarah A. Car- 
ter Mar. 26, 1848, in Jay, Me. Issue : 

1576. i. Laura E. 9 b. Nov. 4, 1848, in Dixfield, Me. 

1577. ii. Walter E. 9 b. Jan. 4, 1852, in Dixfield, Me. 

1578. iii. Florence, 9 b. Jan. 9, 1860, in Wilton, Me. 

1579. iv. Georgiana, 9 b. Feb. 2, 1863. 

1580. v. Myra, 9 b. Mar. 19, 1866. 

18 



138 FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT VII. 

ABNER H. 8 (1561), b. Apr. 11,1826 ; m. Rhoda R, 
Adams Sept. 29, 1850, who d. Oct. 3, 1864, in Wilton, Me. 
He d. Apr. 13, 1866, in Estherville, Iowa. Issue : 

1581. i. George J. 9 b. Aug. 1851, in New Bedford, Ms. 

1582. ii. True D. 9 b. Oct. 1852, in Wilton, Me. 

1583. iii. Lucian W. 9 b. Jan. 10, 1856, in Milan, N. H. 

1584. iv. Elden P. 9 b. Mar. 29, 1857, in Wilton, Me. 

1585. v. Oscar H. 9 b. Aug. 5, 1858, in Wilton. 

1586. vi. James R. 9 b. May, 1860, in Dixfield. 

1587. vii. Bion B. 9 b. Feb. 1863, in Weld, Me. 

1588. viii. Rosa, 9 b. Aug. 1864; d. 1865. 



DESCENDANTS OF ISAAC 4 (66). 
FOURTH GENERATION. 

ISAAC 4 (6(y), b. in Chelmsford, Ms., Aug. 27, 1694 ; m. 

Persis , who died Sept. 5, 1747. He d. Dec. 15, 1772. 

He lived and d. in Chelmsford, where his children were b., 
viz : 

1589. i. Sampson. 5 

1590. ii. Hannah, 5 b. Dec. 16, 1719. 

1591. iii. Simeon 5 +• 

1592. iv. Ephraim, 5 b. July 2, 1724. 

1593. v. Samuel 5 +. 

FIFTH GENERATION. 

SIMEON 5 (1436), b. May 2, 1722; rem. from Chelms- 
ford and settled in Amherst, N. H., where he m. Mary Davis, 
and where their first five children were b. Thence he rem. 
to Greenfield, N. H. The deeds are still extant in which 
he conveys considerable tracts of land in Chelmsford. The 
deed closes in the form of that day, " I set my hand and seal 
this tenth day of Dec, 1744, in the 18th year of the reign 
of our sovereign Lord, George the 2d by the Grace of God, 
of Great Britain, France, Ireland, King, Defender of the 
Faith." It would seem that soon after selling his land in 
Chelmsford he removed to Amherst. There is also a deed 
to him of a tract of land in New Hampshire Province. This 
was in Greenfield, N. H., and this farm,' or at least a part of 
it, is now cultivated by his great-grandson. The old home- 
stead has now its 5th generation. Issue : 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART VII. 139 

1594. i. Persis, 6 b. in Chelmsford Apr. 7, 1750; m. 

Philip Besom. 

1595. ii. Annie, 6 b. in Chelmsford Apr. 28, 1751; m. 

— : — Ordway. 

1596. iii. Olive, 6 d. in Greenfield, Ms. ; unm. 

1597. iv. Mary, 6 b. in Chelmsford Julv 13, 1754; m. 

Balch. 

1598. v. Simeon 6 +. 

1599. vi. Philip 6 +. 

1600. vii. John, 6 d. in Greenfield, ae. 25. 

SAMUEL, 5 (1438), b. in Chelmsford, Ms., Feb. 15, 

1728; m. Hannah . Lived in Westford, Ms., where all 

his children were b., viz : 

1601. i. John, 6 b. June 12, 1827. 

1602. ii, Joanna, 6 b. Apr. 18, 1729 ; d. Sept. 3, 1730. 

1603. iii. Abigail, 6 b. Dec. 1, 1731. 

1604. iv. Sarah, 6 b. Dec. 17, 1733. 

SIXTH GENERATION. 

SIMEON 6 (1443), m. Mary Houston. Lived in Green- 
field, N. H., where his children were b. He lived to the age 
of 84, surviving all his children. None of his seven grand- 
children bore the name of Fletcher. Children : 



1605. 


i. 


Lucretia, 7 d. in G. 


1606. 


ii. 


Sally, 7 d. in G. 


1607. 


iii. 


John, 7 d. in G., ae. 25, without issue 


1608. 


iv. 


Euth, 7 m. John Gould. 


1609. 


v. 


Mary, 7 m. Burnham. 


1610. 


vi. 


Sally, 7 d. in G. 


1611. 


vii. 


Colby, 7 d. in G. 



PHILIP 6 (1444), b ? in Chelmsford Mar. 20, 1752; m. 
Mary Harper, 1775. Lived at the old homestead built by 
his father in Greenfield, N. H., where all his children were 
b., viz : 

1612. i. Archibald, 7 d. in G. 

1613. ii. Mary, 7 m. Perry. 

1614. iii. Olive, 7 m. Chamberlain. 

1615. iv. Betsey, 7 m. Kobinson. Children : 1. 

JPer'sis. 2. Jason. 3. Anna. 4. William. 
5. Mary. 

1616. v. Annie, 7 d. in G. unm. 

1617. vi. Philip 7 +. 



140 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PABT VIL 

1618. vii. Edith, 7 d. in G. 

1619. viii. Persis, 7 d. in G. 

1620. ix. Edith, 7 d. in G. 

1621. x. John 7 +. 

1622. xi. Archibald, 7 d. in G. 

SEVENTH GENERATION. 

PHILIP 7 (J461), b. in Greenfield, N. H., Aug. 14, 1785 ; 
m. Penelope Foster, in Jaffrey, N. H., July 7, 1811. He 
was a man highly intelligent, and was much respected. Lived 
on the old homestead, where his children were b., viz : 

1623. i. Elmira, 8 b. May 12, 1813 ; m. Daniel Simonds ; 

res. in Wisconsin. Children : 1. Edward. 
2. George. 

1624. ii. Harriet N. 8 b. June 14, 1815; d. in Green- 

field Aug. 27, 1858. 

1625. iii. Archibald, 8 b. Apr. 19, 1817; lived at the 





West. 


1626. 


iv. John 8 +• 


1627. 


v. Gilman P. 8 -f- 


1628. 


vi. Franklin C. 8 + 



JOHN 7 (1465), b. in Greenfield, N. H,, Apr. 1793 ; m. 
Euth Horton ; m. 2d, Amelia Towns ; d. in Rockingham, 
Vt., Jan. .14, 1869. Had by the first wife one dau. :^ 

1629. Ruth, 8 m. J. Butler. 

EIGHTH GENERATION. 

JOHN 8 (1470), b. Feb. IB, 1819 ; m. Mary A. Putnam 
Nov. 22, 1850, who d. May 23, 1853 ; m. 2d, Amanda A. 
Tarbell Nov. 21, 1854. He owns and cultivates the land 
on which his great-grandfather settled in Greenfield, N. H. 
Children of John and Mary : 

1630. i. Yilana A. 9 b. Dec. 5, 1852. 

1631. ii. M. Eva, 9 b. Sept. 15, 1858. 

1632. iii. J. Perry, 9 b. Aug. 2, 1860; d. Aug. 2, 1863. 

1633. iv. Henry E. 9 b. Sept. 26, 1863 ; d. Aug. 29, 1864. 

1634. v. Ida S. M. 9 b. Nov. 19, 1866. 

1635. vi. Etna J. 9 b. Apr. 1, 1868. 

GILMAN P. 8 (1471), b. Apr. 4, 1824; m. Abbie Dow 
Jan. 1858, who d. June 28, 1868. Merchant. Issue : 

1636. George G. 8 b. in Greenfield, N. H., May 8, 1861. 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PABT VII. 141 

FRANKLIN C. 8 (1472), b. Nov. 24, 1832; m. Lucretia 
Merrill, June, 1854. Farmer in Greenfield, N. H., where 
all his children were b. 

1637. i. Ada F. 9 b. Apr. 3, 1856 ; d. Aug. 18, 1858. 

1638. ii. Frederic B. 9 b. Sept. 22, 1859 ; d. Sept. 26, 

1864. 

1639. iii. Nellie E. 9 b. Dec. 20, 1862. 



DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM 4 (67). 
FOURTH GENERATION. 

WILLIAM 4 (67), lived in Chelmsford, Ms., where all his 
children were b., viz : 

1640. i. Amos 5 +. 

1641. ii. Sampson,* b. Feb. 13, 1719 ; d. March 6, 1721. 

1642. iii. Reuben 5 +. 

1643. iv. Jonathan, 5 b. July 20, 1721. 

EIFTH GENERATION. 

AMOS 5 fl640), b. July 11, 1717 ; m. Mary Perham 
Sept. 3, 1741, who d. Dec. 13, 1721 ; lived in Westford, 
Ms.; captain of a militia co. and town clerk; farmer of 
respectability and considerable property. Issue : 

1644. i. Amos 6 +. 1646. iii. Nehemiah 6 -j-. 

1645. ii. Mary 6 +. 1647. iv. Lucy 6 +. 

EEUBEN 5 (1642), b. July 12, 1720; m. Susannah 
Chandler. Farmer in Westford, Ms., where all his children 
were b. A man of high standing in the community, and 
member of the Bapt. church. He published a controversial 
religious work in pamphlet form, the title-page of which 
reads : 

" The Lamentable State of New England : being an Account 
of the Beginning or Original of the Separates in New Eng- 
land, and their Progress, with their Errors and Faults. Also 
an Account of the Beginning or Original of the Standing 
Churches in New England, and their Progress, with their 
Errors and Faults : By Keuben Fletcher, an Independent. 
Boston : Printed for the Author ; 1772." Issue : 

1648. i. Mary, 6 b. Dec. 31, 1746 ; m. in VV T estford, Ms., 
Thomas Barnes, Univ. min. and, once at least, 
mem. of Gen. Court, June 4, 1772. 



142 FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PART VII. 

1649. ii. Sarah, 6 b. Oct. 5, 1747 ; m. in Westford Feb. 

9, 1773, Jeremiah Barrett, of Ashby, Ms. 

1650. iii. William, 6 b. Nov. 26, 1749; d. Mar. 4,1754. 

1651. iv. Henry 6 +. 

1652. v. Susannah, 6 b. June 14, 1753 ; m. Henry Thomp- 

son, who was bro. of the husband of her 
sister Rachel, and settled in Jaffrey, N. H. 

1653. vi. William, 6 b. Mar. 25, 1755; d. unm. about 

1776. 

1654. vii. Lydia, 6 b. June 18, 1757 : m. Eleazer Blood. 

1655. viii. Rachel, 6 b. Sept. 1, 1761 ; m. Asa Thompson, 

bro. of her sister Susannah's husband, and 
settled in Jaffrey, N. H. 

1656. ix. Phebe, 6 m. in Westford, Ms., Feb, 21, 1786, 

Isaac Patch. 



SIXTH GENERATION. 

AMOS 6 (1644), b. June 25, 1755; m. Rebecca — ; 
lived on Stony Brook, in Westford. Deacon of Bapt. 
church. Issue : 

1657. i. Amos 7 +. 1661. v. Jesse 7 +. 

1658. ii. Amos 7 +. 1662. vi. Rebecca 7 +. 

1659. iii. Abel 7 +. 1663. vii, Mary 7 +, 

1660. iv. Elisha 7 +. 

MARY 6 (1645), b. Mar. 21, 1757 ; m. Henry Spauiding 
Nov. 17, 1774; d. Dec. 1820. 

NEHEMIAH 6 (1646), b. Nov. 27, 1758 ; m. Mary 
Wheeler, in Westford, Ms., Oct. 21, 1779. Issue : 

1664. i. Martha, 7 b. in Westford July 26, 1780. 

1665. ii. Polly, 7 b. in Westford Nov. 30, 1781. 

1666. iii. Nehemiah, 7 b. in Westford Jan.. 15, 1783. 

1667. iv. Abijah, 7 b. in Westford Nov. 25, 1784. 

1668. v. Abraham. 7 

1669. vi. Sarah.? 

1670. vii. Isaac 7 +. 

1671. viii. Jacob. 7 



LUCY 6 (1647), b. Aug. 31, 1761. 



FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — TAUT VII. 143 

HENKY 6 (1651),* b. inWestford, Ms., Aug. 17, 1751 ; he 
was m. Nov. 30, 1773, to Deborah, dau. of Aaron and Dorothy 
(Fletcher) Parker, of the same town. Immediately after 
his marriage, he settled in New Ipswich, N. H. In the his- 
tory of that town, his name appears on the list of tax-payers 
for 1774, with a tax of 9s. 3d.; whole town-tax, 106?. 16s. 
On the map accompanying that history, his name appears as 
original proprietor of town lots Nos. 138 and 152, both on 
the north side of Barrett's Mountain. 

In 1777, he joined a company of volunteers, which in- 
cluded Nathaniel Pratt, father of the wife of Reuben (1677), 
and marched to "Old Ti," as it was generally expressed, to 
intercept Gen. Burgoyne. Neither of them was in any bat- 
tle or skirmish, though at one time, just previous to the sur- 
render, they were stationed where, from the movements of 
the troops, they "expected every moment to see the bullets 
fly." On their way to the seat of war, they passed through 
Windsor County, Vermont, then a wilderness, in which they 
subsequently settled, and where they both died. 

Henry's first three children were born in New Ipswich. 
In 1778, he rem. to Carlisle [then Acton], where two more 
of his children were b., both of whom d. young. Then he 
rem. to a farm known as "Blood's place," in Westford, 
where Eeuben was born. Soon afterwards he went on to his 
father's homestead on Stony Brook. After living in his 
father's house about seven years, and an absence from New 
Ipswich of some twelve, he returned to that town in 1790. 
During the twelve years of his residence in Massachusetts, 
the law of the State by which Congregational worship was 
supported, in some cases at least, by a tax on the person and 
property of all the inhabitants, was warmly discussed, and 
most violently opposed, especially by the Baptist denomina- 
tion, to which he belonged. Conscientiously refusing to pay 
one of these "minister taxes," he was committed to Concord 
jail, though it is believed he remained only one night, when 
the tax was paid by friends. 

On his return to New Ipswich, in 1790, there remained of 
his old home land enough, to be sure, but only land. The 
house had been sold and removed, and the farm had been 
"improved" only as pasturage. 



* The account of Henry and his descendants was prepared by Stil- 
man (1723), who has otherwise assisted in the preparation and publication 
of this work. 



144 FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — FABT VII. 

To appreciate the difficulties and hardships of the next ten 
years of his life, it is not enough to remember that there was 
neither house nor barn, fences nor fields on his land, and 
that he had a large family to support ; but we must recall 
the condition of our country at that time. The army of the 
Ee volution had been disbanded about seven years. It was 
only three years after " Shay's Insurrection." That very 
year (1790) Rhode Island gave her reluctant assent to our 
present Constitution. Confidence in government, confidence 
in each other, even, was wanting. Business was dead. No 
commerce, no manufacturing, no enterprise of any kind. 
British goods, admitted without a protective tariff, had 
drained off what specie the Revolution left. Continental 
money was worthless. Taxes were high, wages low, and 
employment difficult to be found at any price. Iron and salt 
could hardly be had. Clothing was all home-made ; herbs 
were used for tea ; molasses was made of maple, boiled cider, 
and cornstalks ; sections of large hard-wood logs, sawed off 
some foot thick, with holes made in the centre, were used 
for cart-wheels. The population of Boston was only 18,038. 
Lowell was a pine plain, and factory corporations unknown. 

During the twelve years (1778-90) that he carried on his 
father's farm in Westford, there was no market nearer than 
Boston, over twenty miles distant ; and produce was often 
carried to Salem, and even to Marblehead, with a team of 
two oxen and one horse ; but in going to either place, it was 
not customary to " put up " at a tavern while from home. 
When he carried corn, the time of arrival at the mill at 
Charlestown, where it was ground, was regulated by the 
night tide, at the ebb of which the sleepy miller was hurried 
up to grind the grist that it might be peddled out early in 
the morning. So great have been the changes in the wealth 
of the country and in the habits of the people, within the last 
century, that the present generation can scarcely form an 
idea of the poverty of the whole country at that time, or of 
the difficulty that people generally found in obtaining money 
to pay taxes or debts. It is not strange, therefore, notwith- 
standing all his hard labor and rigid economy, that he 
incurred debts in erecting buildings, etc., on his land in New 
Ipswich, which finally obliged him to sell out at a low price. 

In the year 1800, he removed to Plymouth, Windsor Co., 
Vermont. Here he built a saw and grist mill on a lot of 
wild land, and in a section where, at that time, "the deer 



FLETGEEB GENEALOGY. — PART VII. 145 

played and the wolves howled." After building the saw- 
mill, he commenced the clearing-up of the farm on which he 
passed the last years of his life, striking the first blow on 
his fiftieth birthday. "My neighbors," he used to remark, 
" called me an old fool for planting an orchard on land cleared 
by my own hands after I was fifty years of age." He lived, 
however, to see that orchard in its prime, and to enjoy its 
fruit for many years. Here he erected good buildings, and 
found himself in his old ag- in possession of a productive 
farm and the means of a comfortable support. Wife d. May 
4, 1826 ; he d. Apr. 17, 1829, ae. 75. Issue : 

1672. i. Aaron, 7 b. Oct. 14, 1774; d. Jan. 13, 1775. 

1673. ii. William 7 +. 

1674. iii. Aaron 7 -f. 

1675. iv. Isaac, 7 b. July 5, 1779 ; d. Aug. 25, 1786. 

1676. v. Moses, 7 b. Aug, 21, 1781; d. Mar. 9, 1788. 

1677. vi. Eeuben 7 -f. 

1678. vii. Deborah, 7 b. in Westford, Ms., Oct. 29, 1785 ; 

m. Simon, son of Jonathan Spaulding, of 
Chelmsford, Ms., May, 1815. Settled on a 
farm in Ludlow, Vt. She d. Sept. 16, 1870. 

1679. viii. Henry, 7 b. July 9, 1788; d. Mar, 5, 1813; 

unm. 

1680. ix. Isaac 7 +. 

1681. x. Moses, 7 b. June 12, 1791 ; d. Feb. 27, 1811. 

1682. xi. Rebecca, 7 b. Apr. 16, 1793; m. Henry Slack, 

of Plymouth, Vt., 1815; lived in Strafford 
and Thetford, Vt. ; d. May 28, 1828. 

SEVENTH GENERATION. 

AMOS 7 (1657), b. Mar. 14, 1777; d. Sept, 18, 1778. 

AMOS 7 (1658), b. Oct. 12, 1778. Issue: 

1683. i. Mary. 8 1685. iii. Clarissa. 8 

1684. ii. Rebecca. 8 1686. iv. Amos. 8 

ABEL 7 (1659) , b. July 4, 1782. Issue : 

1692. vi. Arvilla. 8 

1693. vii. Franklin. 8 

1694. viii. Eliza. 8 

1695. ix. Sarah. 8 



1687. 


i. Samuel G. 8 + 


1688. 


ii. Rhoda. 8 


1689. 


iii. Jane. 8 


1690. 


iv. Betsey. 8 


1691. 


v. Mary. 8 




19 



146 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART VIL 

ELISHA 7 (1660), b. Apr. 27, 1784. Issue : 

1696. Mary. 8 

JESSE 7 (1661), b. Apr. 2, 1786. Issue: 

1697. i. Jefferson, 8 d. 1837; uum. 

1698. ii. Sarah. 8 1702. vi. Clifton. 8 

1699. iii. Daniel. 8 1703. vii. Alden. 8 

1700. iv. Eliza. 8 1704. viii. Augustus. 8 

1701. v. Rebecca. 8 

KEBECCA 7 (1662), b. July 14, 1790. 
MARY, 7 b. July 7, 1792. 

ISAAC 7 (1670) , res. Pittston, Me. Issue : 

1705. i. Jacob G. 8 res. Pittston, Me, 

1706. ii. AnnE. 8 



WILLIAM 7 (1673), b. in New Ipswich, N. H., Mar. 31, 
1776. Settled in Plymouth, Vt., about 1798. In company 
with his brother Aaron, he purchased a tract of land in the 
northeast corner of that township, at one dollar and seventeen 
cents per acre. They commenced chopping down the trees 
in 1799. After felling about eight acres, they found them- 
selves out of provisions and out of money. They went to 
Rutland and worked two months in the best of the season at 
twelve dollars per month, payable in provisions, — a consid- 
erable part of which, however, was lost by the failure of 
their employer, one Williams. This partnership was dis- 
solved after a continuance of some three years. William m. 
Sally, dau. of Thomas Davis, of Reading, Vt., June 18, 
1801. Being among the first settlers of the neighborhood, 
he shared their hardships and privations. He had to "back" 
hay from the south part of the town, some five miles, and 
over a very hilly road, to fodder the oxen that harrowed in 
his first field of grain. Here he cleared up a farm, erected 
good buildings, — his being the first, and for many years the 
only, two-story house in the neighborhood, — and here he 
brought up a large family. This section is mountainous, and 
the population so sparse that it has ever been difficult to 
maintain public religious services ; but he always did what he 
could for the support of such services, and for the proper 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART VII. 147 

observance of the Sabbath. As early as 1818 or 1819, he, 
with others, established a Sunday school, which met in the 
school-house of the district. His oldest son having pur- 
chased the homestead, he went, in 1837, to Canaan, Vt., 
where his last years were passed with his sons William and 
Franklin, who owned a good farm in that town. Here he 
was appointed justice of the peace, and after a residence of 
about ten years, d. Nov. 22, 1847. His wife d. Oct. 1850, 
ae. 75 yrs. Issue : 

1707. i. Sarah, 8 b. May 21, 1802; d. Jan. 2, 1830; 

unm. 

1708. ii. Thomas Swain 8 +. 

1709. iii. William, 8 b. July 12, 1807 ; d. Aug. 13, 1864 ; 

unm. Kes. Canaan and Derby, Vt. 

1710. iv. Marvin 8 -f. 

1711. v. Benjamin Franklin 8 +. 

1712. vi. Polly, 8 b. Mar. 20, 1815 ; m. 1840, Aaron 

Judd, of Hereford, Canada. 

1713. vii. Betsey Maria, 8 b. Aug. 4, 1817 ; m. May, 

1843, Silas R. Flanders, Canada. 

1714. viii. Louisa Augusta, 8 b. Sept. 9, 1822 ; d. June 

29, 1823. 

AARON 7 (1674), b. in New Ipswich, N. H., Nov. 18, 
1777. Commenced an apprenticeship at blacksmithing in 
Boylston, Ms., at the age of sixteen, where he worked two 
winter seasons ; when, at the age of eighteen, he went with 
his employer to Nelson, N. H., then mostly a wilderness, and 
where wolves disturbed them at night-time. 

In the summer of 1799 he commenced work on land owned 
by himself and his brother William, in Plymouth, Vt., and 
on which he labored more or less till 1802, when he bar- 
gained for a blacksmith shop in Chelmsford, Mass., which, 
however, he did not occupy immediately. In 1805 he was 
settled in business in Chelmsford, and was married to Miss 
Sarah Neef, of Carlisle, in 1806. Two children were born 
to them in Chelmsford, one of whom was run over by a 
loaded team, and instantly killed. After living five years in 
Chelmsford, he removed to Carlisle village, April, 1811. In 
1838, he sold his house and shop in the village, and removed 
some two miles to the farm on which his father lived from 
1778 to 1782. Here he died Feb. 9th, 1867. Issue : 

1715. i. Benjamin Franklin, 8 b. Sept. 22, 1807 ; d. 

Sept. 29, 1810. 



148 FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT VII. 

1716. ii. Albert, 8 b. Nov. 21, 1808; killed accidentally 

May 20, 1816. 

1717. iii. Mary Heald, 8 b. Aug. 17, 1811 ; d. Sept, 3, 

1821. 

1718. iv. Eebecca Pierce, 8 b. Mar. 30, 1814; m. Nov. 

19, 1840, Edward Symmes, a surveyor, of 
Westford, Ms., who was b. Apr. 1, 1806. 
Their children: 1. William Edward, b. 
Sept. 5, 1841. 2. Thomas Edmund, b. Oct. 
28, 1843; grad. Harvard Coll. 1865; res. 
Lebanon, Incl. 3. John Kebler, b. Nov. 5, 
1845 : d. Oct. 6, 1848. 4. Sarah Rebecca, 
b, Oct. 20. 1847 ; d. Oct. 5, 1848. 5. Car- 
ver, b. Feb, 9, 1851. 6. Fletcher, b. Sept. 
10, 1852. 7. Harriet Elizabeth, b. Aug. 19, 
1854. 

1719. v. Hannah Eliza, 8 b. May 4, 1818. 

1720. vi. Charles Grand ison 8 -}-. 

1721. viL Harriet Byron, 8 b. Aug. 16, 1823; m. Henry 

Spaulding. Ees. Carlisle and Lowell, Ms. 

REUBEN 7 (1677), b. in Westford, Mass., Dec. 7, 1783. 
After his father left New Ipswich, N. H., with most of his 
family, for Plymouth, Vt., he returned to old Westford, 
where he worked at farming, etc., and attended the academy 
in Westford one or two terms ; he also taught a district * 
school in that town one winter, and in Chelmsford two win- 
ters, after which he followed his father's family to Vermont, 
and, in 1805, purchased land of his brothers William and 
Aaron, at $1.17 per acre. This he cleared up and built upon. 
He m. Miss Betsey, dan. of Dea. Nathaniel and Lydia 
(Mason) Pratt, of Reading, Vt., Mar. 3, 1808. He taught 
school here three winters. Oct. 15, 1835, his wife d. Aug. 
21, 1836, he m. Mrs. Olive Adams, of Cavendish. Issue : 
Child, 8 b. Dec. 24, 1808 ; lived but a few days. 
Stilman 8 +. 
Sumner 8 -(-• 

Anna Pratt, 8 b. Feb. 8, 1815 ; m. Benjamin 
Weston, of Reading, Vt., Oct. 26, 1837. 
Children: 1. Lydia A., b. Sept. 21, 1838. 
2. Maria B., b. Jan. 26, 1841 ; m. Orin E. 
Bellows, of Reading, Vt., June 6, 1869. 3. 
Sarah J., b. N'ov. 1, 1844; m. Rufus 



1722. 


i. 


1723. 


ii. 


1724. 


iii. 


1725. 


iv. 



FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT VII. 149 

N. Hemenway, of Ludlow, Vt., Oct. 25, 
1869. 4. Fletcher B., b. May 23, 1846 ; 
m. Ida M. Sprague, of West Windsor, Vt., 
Jan. 26, 1868. 5. Mary E., b. June 7, 
1848. 6. Emma R., b. July 14, 1850. 7. 
lAbbieE., b. Apr. 16, 1854. 

m?: :■;. SsTeK 8 + ' S b - Sept - 28 > 1817 - 

Ruthy R. m. Dec. 1841, Emory N. Graves, 
of Ludlow, Vt. ; d. Mav 14. 1842. 

1728. vii. Sarah, 8 b. Apr. 12, 1820;" d. Mar. 9. 1850. 

1729. viii. Henry Parker, 8 b. and d. 1823. 

1730. ix. Dorcas Maria, 8 b. Sept. 2, 1824; m. Rufus 

N. Hemenway, of Ludlow, Vt., Aug. 19, 
1856 ; d. Sept. 24, 1868. Dau : Carrie L. y 
b. Nov. 19, 1861. 

1731. x. Parker, 8 b. Oct. 15, 1827. 

Second marriage. 

1732. xi. Olive Phidelia, b. July 16, 1837 ; d. ae. 1 yr. 

1733. xii. Rebecca, b. Nov. 19, 1839 ; m. Orlando S. 

Osborn, Sept. 14, 1860; dau. Caroline P, 
b. May 26, 1862. 

ISAAC 7 (1680), b. in Westford, Ms., Mar. 30, 1789. 
When about thirteen years of age, he commenced an appren- 
ticeship at blacksmithing in New Ipswich, N. H., with a Mr. 
Fairbanks, and soon after went with him to Maine. At 
about sixteen years of age, he returned to his father's house, 
and worked one year with Aaron, in Chelmsford, Ms., and 
then for a time in Charlestown, Ms., and in northern New 
York. About the year 1815, he built a shop near his father's 
house in Plymouth, Vt., where he carried on the blacksmith- 
ing business for several years. Aug. 17, 1819, he rem. to 
Enosburgh, Vt., and, about 1820, to Berkshire. He m. 

Dorinda, dau. of Capt. Enoch and (Sawtelle) Day, of 

Plymouth, Vt., Mar. 2, 1822. A remarkably neat and in- 
genious workman, an industrious, honest, and worthy man, 
he accumulated a comfortable property, and secured the con- 
fidence and respect of his neighbors and townsmen. In 1839 
he sold out his shop and business in Berkshire, and pur- 
chased at Carroll, 111., 320 acres of land, and spent the win- 
ter in preparing to settle there. He returned to Vermont in 
1840, intending to remove his family to the West ; but, giv- 



150 FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — TART VII. 

ing up this intention, he purchased a house in the village of 
Berkshire, where he d. June 10, 1840. After his death, his 
wife returned to Plymouth, Vt., where she d. Dec. 17, 1842. 
Children, all b. in Berkshire, Vt. : 

1734. i. Loprucia F. 8 b. June 25, 1823 ; m. in Franklin, 

Vt., Sept. 27, 1847, Solon Kinsman, of that 
town. 

1735. ii. LestinaE. 8 b. June 25, 1825 ; m* in Plymouth, 

Vt., Sept. 27, 1844, Henry C. Colcord, of 
Franklin, Vt. 

1736. iii. MarciaE. 8 b. Feb. 11, 1828 ; m. Feb. 11, 1850, 

William P. Noble, of Berkshire. 

1737. iv. Sarah Ann, 8 b. Jan. 20, 1839 ; m. 1864, Willis 

Fogg; d. Oct. 1865. 

EIGHTH GENERATION. 



SAMUEL G. 8 (1687). 


Issue : 


1738. i. Samuel P. 9 


1741. iv. George. 9 


1739. ii. Eveline. 9 


1742. v. Name not known 


1740. iii. Ann. 9 





THOMAS S. 8 (1708), b. in Plymouth, Vt., Aug. 21, 
1804 ; m. Martha, dau. of Luke and Sarah (Stoughton) Car- 
ter, of Weathersfield, Vt., Dec. 8, 1831, who d. Feb. 2, 
1868. Farmer in Plymouth, Windsor, and Weathersfield, 
Vt. Children, all born in Plymouth : 

1743. i. Henry T. 9 + 

1744. ii. Martha A. 9 b. Nov. 24, 1840; m. May 28, 

1862, Charles J. Taft, of Woodstock, Vt. 

1745. iii. Sarah J. 9 b. Jan. 2, 1850. 

MARVIN 8 (1710), b. in Plymouth, Vt., Apr. 1, 1810; 
m. Miss Elizabeth, dau. of Joshua Emery, of Bartlett, N. 
H., Jan. 1864. Ees. in Plymouth till about thirty years of 
age; rem. to Canaan, Vt., where he owns a large farm, 
tavern stand, etc. They have : 

1746. i. Child, 9 b. Jan. 22, 1866; d. in infancy. 

1747. ii. Charles Marvin, 9 b. May 3, 1867. 

BENJAMIN F. 8 (711), b. in Plymouth, Vt., May 13, 
1812, where he res. till 1831. Learned the harness-making 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PAH T VII. 151 

business in Ludlow, and, as a journeyman, worked in Chester 
and Manchester, same State. In 1837, in company with his 
brother William, purchased a fine farm of some four hundred 
acres on Connecticut River, in Canaan, Vt. M. in Stewarts- 
town, N. H., May 24, 1842, Elizabeth Pickard of that town. 
In 1848 sold the Canaan farm, and in 1851 rem. to Derby, 
where, again in company with William, another good farm 
was purchased, on which he lived till his death, Oct. 23, 
1867. Issue : 

1748. i, Augusta Abigail, 9 b. Mar. 26, 1843 ; m. Oct. 

12, 1864, Allen Pope Niles, who owns the 
old farm of his father-in-law. Dau : Abbie 
Elizabeth, b. Mar. 7, 1870. 

1749. ii. Thomas Eames, 9 b. May 11, 1845 ; d. July 7, 

1852. 

1750. iii. Hannah Pickard, 9 b. Apr. 1, 1850; d. July 

7, 1864. 

1751. iv. Frank, 9 b. Oct. 28, 1854; d. Aug. 13, 1856. 

CHARLES G. 8 (1720), b. in Carlisle, Ms., Aug. 13, 
1821 ; m. Hannah P. dau. of Phineas and Ruhama Blood, of 
Carlisle, Nov. 30, 1843. Farmer in Groton, Ms. Children ; 

1752. i. Charles Henry, 9 b. Sept. 14, 1846 ; m. Eugenia, 

dau. of Sumner Brown, of Billerica, Ms., 
Mar. 24, 1869. 

1753. ii. Nellie Ruhama, 9 b. Oct. 28, 1849, in Carlisle. 

1754. iii. Emma Isadora, 9 b. Nov. 29, 1851. 

1755. iv. Adrianna, 9 b. Dec. 9, 1853, in Carlisle. 

1756. v. Carrie V. 9 b. in Billerica Apr. 6, 1855. 

1757. vi. Frank G. 9 b. in Lowell, Ms., June 19, 1860. 

1758. vii. Fannie T. 9 b. in Groton, Ms., Mar. 22, 1866. 

STILMAN 8 (1723X b. in Plymouth, Vt., Mar. 6, 1810; 
commenced apprenticeship at the printing business, with 
David Watson, in Woodstock, Vt., Nov. 1823, and remained 
until 1830, when he rem. to Norwich, Vt. From 1831 
to 1836, he worked as journeymen in Norwich and Rutland, 
Vt.,Lansingburgh, N. Y., Hanover, N. H., Saratoga, Pough- 
keepsie, and New York city, where, in Oct. 1832, he chanced 
to take a " situation " vacated in the office of the " Spirit 
of the Times" by Horace Greeley, then a journeyman priut- 
er; afterwards worked in Claremont and Newport, N. H., 
Windsor, Vt., in Cleveland and Kirtland, O., doing the 



152 FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PART VIL 

presswork, in 1836-7, for the second edition of the Mormon 
Bible, at the latter place ; employed by Joseph Smith and 
Sidney Eigdon. In 1837, in company with Geo. W. Wis- 
ner, bought the "Courier" printing office, Pontiac, Michigan. 
Was m. June 15, 1838, to Elizabeth Severance, dau. of 
Abner and Kebecca (Hardy) Severance, of Windsor, Vt. 
Gave up the Pontiac paper in 1839, and returned to Ver- 
mont. After residing in Windsor, Norwich, and Burlington, 
till 1848, he removed to Boston, and is now employed as 
reporter and assistant editor of the " New England Farmer." 
Children : 

1759. i. Keuben Henry 9 +. 

1760. ii. William Isaac 9 +. 

1761. iii. George Tracy, 9 b. Sept. 29, 1847. 

1762. iv. Arthur, 9 b. Aug. 16, 1853. 

SUMNER 8 (1724), b. in Plymouth, Vt, June 25, 1812; 
m. Apr. 12, 1846, Cordelia G. Brooks, of Canaan, Vt., who 
within her recollection had eleven grandfathers and grand- 
mothers, and older ancestors, living.* In 1838 he rem. to 
Canaan, Vt., engaged in farming, trading, etc. ; and in 1852, 
to Reading, Vt., where he resides. Represented the town in 
the State Legislature in 1865 and 1866. Children: 

1763. i. Belle A. 9 b. Jan. 26, 1850 ; m. Jan. 26, 1868, 

Clarence M. Sprague, of W. Windsor, Vt. 

1764. ii. Frederic E. 9 b. Jan. 6, 1857. 

THOMAS S. 8 (1726), b. in Plymouth, Vt., Sept. 28, 
1817 ; m. in Stewartstown, N. H., Sept. 5, 1850, Ann 
Eames, who d. Oct. 16, 1864; m. 2d, May 26, 1870, Mrs. 
Mary E. Farwell. Children by first mar., b. in Reading, Vt. : 

Emma L. 9 b. Jan. 13, 1852. 

Ida E. 9 b. June 26, 1853. 

Lilla K. 9 b. Sept. 10, 1854. 

Harriet D. 9 b. Jan. 26, 1857. 

Perkins E. 9 b. Nov. 27, 1858. 

William E. 9 b. and d. 1860. 

Nellie M. 9 b. Oct. 26, 1861. 

* Father's side. — Grandfather (Chauncey) and grandmother (Susan- 
nah Daws) Brooks ; great-grandfather ( ) and great-grandmother 

(Lydia Torrey) Daws ; great-great-grandmother (Dorothy Green) Torrey. 
Mother's side. — Grandfather and grandmother (Sophia May) Strickland ; 
great-grandfather and great-grandmother Strickland ; great grandfather 
and great-grandmother May. 



1765. 


i. 


1766. 


ii. 


1767. 


iii. 


1768. 


iv. 


1769. 


v. 


1770. 


vi. 


1771. 


vii. 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PABT VII. 153 



NINTH GENERATION. 

HENRY T. 9 (1743), b. Jan. 22, 1836 ; m. Aug. 13, 1861, 
Elizabeth H., dau. of Levi and Betsey (Lewis) Saunders. 
Children : 

1772. i. Lillie A. 10 b. July 19, 1862. 

1773. ii. Harry Levi, 10 b. Mar. 19, 1868. 

REUBEN H. 9 (1759), b. in Windsor, Vt., Aug. 31, 1841 ; 
m. Dec. 10, 1863, Julia Maria, dau. of Hon. Oliver R. and 
Julia (Cutter) Clark, of Winchester, Ms. In the war of the 
Rebellion he enlisted in 24th Reg. Ms. vols. Sept. 1861, 
and was detailed to the medical department. He was in the 
Burnside expedition, in the battles of Roanoke and New- 
bern. He re-enlisted in the regular service as hospital stew- 
ard, and was discharged at the close of the war. Children : 

1774. i. Catherine Severance, 10 b. in Winchester Apr. 

16, 1866; d. Dec. 12, 1868. 

1775. ii. Henry Clark, 10 b. in Winchester May 21, 1868. 

WILLIAM I. 9 (1760), b. July 30, 1844, in Burlington, 
Yt. ; rem. with his parents to Winchester, Ms., 1848 ; went 
to Hartford, Ct., 1867; employed by American Sunday- 
school Society, where he m. Annie Le Baron Richmond Oct. 
11, 1869 ; rem. to Waterbury, Ct., where he is librarian of 
the Bronson library. In the war of the Rebellion he served 
three mos. in 1864, in Co. H, 6th Ms. Reg. Issue : 

1775. Elizabeth Le Baron, 10 b. July 13, 1870. 



20 



154 FLETGHEB GENEALOGY. — PART VIII. 

PAET VIII. 

COMPRISING THE DESCENDANTS OF ELEAZER* (73). 
FOURTH GENERATION. 

ELEAZER 4 (73), b. Apr. 19, 1704, in Chelmsford, Ms. ; 
settled in the east part of Sutton, now a part of Grafton, 
Ms., before 1729 ; m. Elizabeth Bobbins ; m. 2d, Mehitable 
Cutler; d. 1768. Issuer 



Warren, 



1776. 


i. 


Eleazer 5 +. 


1777. 


ii. 


Samuel, 5 d. young. 


1778. 


iii. 


Elizabeth, 5 d. young. 


1779. 


iv. 


Elizabeth, 5 b. Oct. 10, 1742 ; m, 
of Conway, Ms. 


1780. 


v. 


Samuel 5 +. 


1781. 


vi. 


James 5 +. 


1782. 


vii. 


Lydia. 5 



FIFTH GENERATION. 

ELEAZER 5 (1776), b. about 1735; m. Lucy Leland, 
1760 ; accidentally killed ; lived and d. in Sutton, Ms. Issue : 

1783. i. Lydia, 6 m. Samuel Goldthwait, of Newport, 

N. H., where she lived to a good old age. 

1784. ii. Tabitha, 5 m. E. Hall, of Sutton, Ms., and lived 

to old age. 

1785. iii. Ebenezer 6 -+-. 

SAMUEL 5 (1780), b. in Grafton, Ms., Sept., 30, 1744; 

m. -Hazeltine; rem. to Townshend, Vt., 1768. He 

was col. of a regiment at the close of the Revolution, and 
afterwards maj. gen. of militia. He was twelve years a 
member of the executive council (now senate) of Vt., and 
eighteen years high sheriff of Windham Co. ; d. Sept. 16, 
1811. 

The following is from Hall's History of Eastern Vermont, 
p. 160 : 

' " Among the early inhabitants of Townshend, no person 
occupied a higher position, or enjoyed a larger share of pub- 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART VIII. 155 

lie confidence, than Samuel Fletcher. ... At the age 
of seventeen, he enlisted in the French war, and continued 
one year. On his return, he learned the trade of a black- 
smith, which he followed four years, when he m. a dau. of 
Col. John Hazel tine, and rem. to Townshend, Vt. At the 
commencement of the Revolution, he joined the Am. army 
as orderly sergeant, and was at the battle of Bunker Hill. 
He returned to Townshend Jan. 1776, and was made capt. 
of a militia company, and raised to a quartermaster in Feb. 
of the same year. He commanded a company of minute 
men, and went to the relief of Ticonderoga, and was at the 
battle of Bennington, 1777. On the expedition, he attacked 
a company of forty British, killed one, and took seven pris- 
oners, without loss to himself," Issue : 

1786. i. Mehitable, 6 b. May 29, 1769 ; m. Porter. 

1787. ii. Eleazer, 6 b. Mar. 16, 1771 ; d. in infancy. 

1788. iii. Lucinda, 6 b. Nov. 10, 1772 ; m. Eansom, 

of Michigan. 

1789. iv. Squire H. 6 + 

1790. v. Lucian, 6 b. Oct. 7, 1777 ; m. Sumner, of 

Spencer, Ms. 

1791. vi. Samuel, 6 b. Dec. 7, 1779 ; d. Apr. 18, 1785. 

1792. vii. Farnsworth, 6 b. Dec. 1782; d. in infancy. 

1793. viii. Betsey, 6 b. Jan. 27, 1786; m. -Drury; 

d. Mar. 1847. 

1794. ix. Sophia, 6 b. Feb. 8, 1788 ; m. — - Pratt, of 

Buffalo, N. Y. 

1795. x. Vilinda, 6 b. Feb. 1790. 

1796. xi. Frances, 6 b. Oct. 7, 1792; d. in infancy. 

JAMES 5 (1781), b. Jan. 1747; m. Margaret, dau. of 
Ezra Wood, of Upton, Ms., in 1772 ; rem. to Northbridge, 
Ms., to what is now the village of Whitinsville, and engaged 
in the manufacture of iron and in agricultural pursuits. He 
was appointed lieut. of a company of militia, 1775, and was 
in the Revolutionary army in several campaigns- He was at 
Cambridge, in the Rhode Island campaign, at the battle of 
Bennington, and the surrender of Burgoyne. After the war, 
he was appointed colonel of the militia. He commenced in 
1810 the manufacture of cotton goods, and continued until his 
death, Dec. 23, 1834. He was a man of unblemished repu- 
tation. Issue : 

1797. i. Mehitable, 6 b. Nov. 28, 1772; d. in infancy. 



156 FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PAET VIII. 

1798. ii. Eleazer, 6 b. Aug. 1774; d. 1777. 

1799. iii. Betsey, 6 b. Apr. 1777 ; m. Paul Whitin, of 

Whitinsville, Ms., Dec. 3, 1793 ; d. Feb. 8, 
1831. Their children were : 1. James, b. 
Dec. 23, 1794; d. Jan. 27, 1798. 2.' Mary, 
b. May 10, 1797 ; d. Aug. 6, 1799. 3. Paul, 
b. Feb. 5, 1800 ; m. Sarah Chapin Aug. 22, 
1822 ; res. Whitiusville. 4. Mary, b. July 

4, 1802 ; m. Amory, 1818 ; d. Jan. 10, 

1845. He d. Mar. 4, 1849. 5. Nathaniel 
Draper, b. Sept. 1, 1804; m. Sarah A. Nich- 
ols Sept. 3, 1832 ; res. Whitinsville ; d. Apr. 
19, 1869. 6. John C, b. Mar. 1, 1807 ; m. 
Catherine Leland, May 30, 1831 ; res. Whit- 
insville. 7. Charles P.,b. Aug. 6, 1809; 
m. Sarah J. Halliday Oct. 20, 1834 ; res. 
Whitinsville. 8. Sarah A.,h. Feb. 22, 1812 ; 
d. Jan. 8, 1838. 9. James F., b. Dec. 21, 
1814 ; m. Patience Saunders July 23, 1842 ; 
res. Whitinsville. 10. Margaret, b. Sept. 
4, 1817 ; m. Rev. J. J. Abbott Sept. 16, 
1845 ; res. Yarmouth, Me. 

1800. iv. Samuel 6 +. 

1801. v. Panthea, 6 b. June 30, 1782 ; d. July 8, 1803 ; 

had no children. 

1802. vi. Margaret, 6 b. Apr. 17, 1785 ; m. Amos Armsby 

Jan. 1808; d. in Sutton, Ms., Mar. 23, 
1835. Issue : 1. Horace, b. Apr. 16, 1809. 
2. Edwin, b. Apr. 12, 1811. ' 3. Panthea, 
b. Jan. 10, 1814 ; d. Nov. 1844. 4. Lauren, 
b. Jan. 16, 1817. 

1803. vii. Sarah, 6 b. Feb. 17, 1788; d. Aug. 31, 1840; 

unm. 

1804. viii. James 6 +. 

1805. ix. Anna, 6 b. Apr. 22, 1793 ; m. Amasa Dudley, 

of Whitinsville, Ms., Oct. 10, 1814. He d. 
Oct. 21, 1846. Their children were: 1. 
Joseph, b. Sept. 5, 1815; m. Frances Blair 
June 10, 1839, who d. Sept. 7, 1844; m. 
2d, Frances Draper Oct. 1, 1846 ; res. New 
York city. 2. Paul Whitin, b. Apr. 3, 
1817; m. Sarah A. Tobey Oct. 19, 1842; 
res. Whitinsville. 3. William A^.,b. Apr. 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART VIIL 157 

20, 1820; d. May 1, 1822. 4. William H., 
b. Nov. 23, 1823; m. Susan Johnson Jan. 
1, 1850; res. Kalamazoo, Mich. 
1806. x. Ezra Wood 6 -f. 



SIXTH GENERATION. 

EBENEZER 6 (1785), b. Mar. 10, 1764; m. Mary Gold- 
thwaite, 1786. Farmer many years in Worcester, Ms. ; d. 
in Harmony, N. Y., Sept. 1824. Issue : 

1807. i. Eleazer 7 +. 1810. iv. Adolphus 7 +. 

1808. ii. Fanny? -|_. • 1811. v. Louisa 7 +.j 

1809. iii. Lucy 7 +. 



SQUIRE H. 6 (1789), b. Dec. 18, 1774; res. Townsend, 

y f Is SUP * 

1812. i. Fanny, 7 m. Wells Pratt, of Buffalo, N. Y. 

1813. ii. Lucius, 7 res. Waterford, N. Y. 

1814. iii. Samuel, 7 res. New York city. 

1815. iv. Mary, 7 m. -Cummings, of New York city. 

1816. v. Eliza, 7 m. Joseph Underwood, of Lansing- 

burg, N. Y. 

SAMUEL 6 (1800), b. Aug. 1779; m. Lydia Spring. 
Farmer in Northbridge, Ms. Issue : 

1817. i. Eunice, 7 b. 1802 ; m. Russell Murdock Feb. 

' 8, 1826 ; res. Garland, Me. ; d. 1836. Chil- 
dren : 1. Margaret Maria, b. June 4, 1827 ; 
d. Aug. 26, 1828. 2. Maria J., b. June 
23, 1829 ; m. Freeman Bacon Jan. 1, 1855 ; 
res. Mound City, Kansas. 3. Lydia, b. 
Dec. 7, 1830; m. Richard Henry Oct. 3, 
1853; res. Worcester, Ms. 4. Sarah A., 
b. Nov. 12, 1832. 

1818. ii. Ephraim S. 7 + 

1819. iii. Margaret, 7 b. 1807 ; m. N. B. Chapin, of Mich- 

igan, Sept. 15, 1828, who d. July 6, 1845. 
Issue: 1. Sarah J., b. June 4, 1829; d. 
Sept. 28, 1830. 2. Charles A., b. June 19, 
1831 ; m. Martha J. Lake. 3. George, b. 
Dec. 25, 1832; m. Emma Williams June 



158 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART VIII. 

11, 1863 ; res. San Francisco, Cal. 4. 
Maria L., b. Oct. 6, 1835; d. Feb. 22, 
1836. 5. Eliza W., b. Jan. 2, 1837; d. 
Aug. 31, 1838. 6. Samuel, b. Mar. 12, 
1839 ; m. Maria Endicott Sept. 24, 1866. 
Grad. Dart. Med. School. In the war of the 
Rebellion he was surgeon. Ees. Auburn, 
Cal. 7. Edward, b. May 15, 1841. He 
left Harvard Coll. in the third year of his 
course, and joined the Union army in the 
war of the Rebellion in 1862. He was 
wounded in the battle of Gettysburg, and d. 
in hospital in Baltimore, Md., Aug. 1, 1863. 

8. Emetine, b. and d. 1843. 

1820. iv. Mary Ann,? b. 1809 ; m. Stephen F. Batch- 

elor, of Whitinsville, Ms., May 4, 1834, who 
d. Oct. 29, 1865. Res. Whitinsville. Chil- 
dren : 1. Edward Pay son, b. Jan. 30, 1835 ; 
grad. Yale Coll. 1858, and at Harvard Law 
School 1862. Lawyer in San Francisco, 
Cal. 2. Frances A., b. Aug. 23, 1840. 

1821. v. Aratus, 7 b. Sept. 13, 1812; d. 1855; unm. 

1822. vi. Emeline, 7 b. 1813 ; m. Judson Chapin, of 

Roxbury, Ms., May 22, 1839; res. West 
Roxbury. Children: 1. Emma J., b. Sept. 

9, 1840. 2. Eugene J., b. Sept. 8, 1843. 3. 
Anna G., b. Sept. 15, 1849. 4. Mary E., 
b. Apr. 10, 1854; d. Jan. 24, 1855. 

1823. vii. Abby A., 7 b. Apr. 1,1815; m. Oliver Chase, of 

Boston, Ms., Apr. 24, 1843; res. Roxbury, 
Ms. Children: 1. Lewis Herbert, b. Aug. 
18, 1844. 2. Cordelia, b. Nov. 10, 1846. 
3. Ella, b. Nov. 16, 1848 ; d. Aug. 14, 1849. 

1824. viii. Sarah, 7 d. young. 

1825. ix. Maria, 7 m. S. B. Goldthwaite, of Charlestown, 

Ms., Aug. 15, 1838 ; res. Medford, Ms. 
Children: 1. Mary E. 7 b. May 31, 1841. 
2. Arthur B 7 b. May 9, 1848. 

1826. x. Lvdia, 7 m. William Kendall, of Whitinsville, 

"Ms., Aug. 24, 1842, who d. Apr. 28, 1866. 
Children : 1. Mary B.,b. Sept. 1, 1844 ; d. 
Oct. 29, 1869. 2. William Henry, b. Nov. 
5, 1847. 3. Hannah, b. June 22, 1853; d. 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART VIIL 159 

Jan. 28, 1854. 4. Ellen, b. Feb. 1, 1855 ; 
d. Mar. 16, 1856. 5. Charles E., b. June 
18, 1858. 



JAMES 6 (1804), b. Oct. 10, 1790; m. Eunice White 
Jan. 1, 1817, who d. Nov. 16, 1865. Farmer in Trow- 
bridge, Ms. Issue : 

1827. xi. Joel W. 7 b. in Northbridge, Ms., Oct. 3, 1817 ; 

grad. Amherst Coll. ; m. Mary A. Marsh, 
who d. Apr. 1850 ; m. 2d, Martha Perry, 
Nov. 1850. In the war of the Rebellion one 
year, 2d lieut. in 21st Reg. Ms. vols. Law- 
yer ; res. in Cambridge, Ms., and is engaged 
in insurance business in Boston. 

EZRA W. 6 (1806), b. Jan. 28, 1796; m. Laurinda 
Chapin Mar. 1819. For many years he was an extensive 
manufacturer in Providence, R. I., and afterwards retired 
from business to his residence in Whitinsville, Ms., where 
he d. May 24, 1858. She d. Dec. 20, 1866. They had : 

1828. i. Ezra W. 7 b. Feb. 23, 1821 ; d. June 25, 1847. 

1829. ii. Charles A. 7 b. Feb. 14, 1823 ; d. June 6, 1824. 

1830. iii. Laura A. 7 b. Oct. 7, 1826 ; m. Rev. H. P. Coe 

May 6, 1851 ; d. June 6, 1855. They had : 
1. Mary, b. Aug. 10, 1852. 2. Laura, b. 
Mar. 28, 1855. 

SEVENTH GENERATION. 

ELEAZER 7 (1807), b. in Sutton, Ms., July 10, 1788; 
m. Luna Morley. Bookseller in Harrisonburg, La. ; d. in 
Washita, La., 1862. Issue: 

1831. i. Martha, 8 b. in Harmony, N. Y., 1817 ; m. and 

rem. to Louisiana. 

1832. ii. Samuel A. 8 b. in Harmony, N. Y. ; d. in New 

York city, 1850. Printer. 

1833. iii. Melissa, 8 b. in Harmony; m. W. H. Whitta- 

ker, of Jamestown, N. H. 

1834. iv. Sylvia, 8 b. in H. ; m. Isaac Moore; d. 1848, 

1835. v. Cynthia, 8 b. in H. ; d. young. 

1836. vi. Ellen. 8 






160 FLETCHEB GENE ALOGY. — PART VIII. 

FANNY 7 (1808), b. in Sutton, Ms., June 21, 1790; m. 
James McClellan 1812 ; d. in Bristol, 111., 1843. 

LUCY 7 (1809), b. in Sutton, Ms., Oct. 28, 1793; m. 
Titus Kellogg 1819, who d. 1848; res. Keokuk, Iowa. 
Children: 1. Mary, m. James Fairchild, prest. of Oberlin 
Coll. 2. Charles A. 3. William JEJ., res. Keokuk, Iowa. 
4. Marcia, d. 1864. 5. George M., physician; served as 
surgeon four years in the war of the Rebellion. 6. Lucy, 
m. C. P. Birge, of Keokuk, Iowa. 

ADOLPHUS 7 (1810), b. in Croydon, N. H., Sept. 3, 
1796; m. Sarah Stow; m. 2d, Caroline E. Brooks. Editor 
in Jamestown, N. Y. ; d. 1866. 

The following was written by Judge Abner Hazeltine : 

" Mr. Adolphus Fletcher came to Jamestown when it was 
a small village, a mere hamlet, situated in an obscure corner, 
remote from any thoroughfare, and scarcely known abroad, 
except to a few on the waters below us who were engaged in 
the lumber trade. Mr. Fletcher and his paper were among 
the instrumentalities for bringing this secluded section into 
notice, and if the remarks called forth by the first number of 
the f Jamestown Journal,' from the editor of other papers 
to whom it was sent with the usual request, 'Please Ex- 
change,' could now be collected, they would be a source of 
much amusement. The undertaking was evidently regarded 
as Quixotic by those who had heard of Jamestown, if not a 
hoax. But the work then commenced has completed more 
than fifty yearly volumes. 

" The boyhood of Mr. Fletcher was passed on his father's 
farm, with occasional attendance on the schools which were 
then well sustained in the Old Bay State . His apprenticship 
was passed in the office of the 'Massachusetts Spy,' which 
was established at Worcester, by Mr. Thomas, prior to the 
American revolution. Soon after becoming of age, he mar- 
ried, May 13, 1818, Miss Sarah Stow, a native of Worcester, 
and who had been his neighbor and associate from childhood. 

"Prior to his marriage, an elder brother and sister had 
settled in Chatauque county, N. Y. , and had purchased from 
the first occupant, Reuben Slayton, Esq., the site of the 
present village of Ashville. His father's family having 
concluded about that time to follow their elder children to 
their new home, he was induced to accompany them. A 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART VIII. .161 

friend who accompanied him informs the writer, that the two 
families started from Worcester with a span of horses and 
two pairs of oxen, and were three weeks on the way, arriv- 
ing at what was then known as Goose Creek, or Slayton's 
Mills, in June, 1818. 

"During his residence at Ashville, he was to some extent 
engaged in farming. He also had a small store in connec- 
tion with the late Dr. Deming, of Westfield, and kept a 
tavern. He was thus employed, when, at the solicitation of 
friends at Jamestown, who knew something of his early pur- 
suits, he resolved to resume his original occupation. He 
removed to Jamestown in the summer of 1824, and with a 
small stock of type, purchased mostly on credit, and a press 
constructed on the spot, under his own supervision, he soon 
commenced the f Jamestown Journal,' doing a large share 
of the work with his own hands. For several years, no man 
in Jamestown worked harder or more hours than he. 

" One great object in getting up the paper was to promote 
the interests of southern Chautauqua, which it was supposed 
had suffered for want of an organ, and this, instead of party 
politics, was intended to be its leading characteristic. Mr. 
Fletcher, although a man of decided opinions, adhered to 
this platform strictly, taking no part in the controversies 
between the Clintonians and Bucktails, as the leadiug politi- 
cal parties in the State were then denominated. But this 
position did not long suit the times. The abduction of 
Morgan, and the presidential contest between Jackson and 
Adams, were elements of party strife too strong to admit 
of neutrality ; and a paper for the avowed object of aiding 
the election of Gen. Jackson was started in opposition to the 
'Journal.' This division of support not only lessened his 
income, but imposed new labors and responsibilities on Mr. 
Fletcher. His paper, as a matter of course, came out on the 
other side, and from that time became decidedly political. 
It soou acquired a patronage superior to that it had lost, and 
became a remunerative establishment. After remaining at 
its head about twenty years, he sold out to his son, from 
w T hom it soon passed into other hands. 

"After the death of his first wife, Jan. 6, 1836, and just 
thirty years before his death, he married Miss Caroline E. 
Brooks, of Westminster, Ms. Early in life he became a 
member of the Cong, church, of which he was a consistent 

21 



162* FLETCHER GENEALOGY. —PART VIII. 

member until his death. He will long be remembered as a 
good citizen, and an upright and exemplary man." Issue : 

1837. i. John Warren 8 +. 

1838. ii. Sarah M. 8 b. Oct. 16, 1821; m. Edward A. 

Dickinson, of Jamestown, N. Y., Sept. 1842 ; 
d. Oct. 31, 1862. Children: 1. Edward, 
b. Sept. 4, 1844. 2. Dwight, b. Oct, 31, 
1847 ; surgeon in U. S. navy. 3. Edward 
Fletcher, b. Aug. 7, 1849. 4. Fenn, b. 
Nov. 5, 1855 ; d. May 3, 1856. 5. Sarah 
Elizabeth, b. Oct. 20, 1859. 

1839. iii. Lucy, 8 b. July 1, 1824; m. July 20, 1843, 

Alpheus Fenn Hawley, of Jamestown, N» Y. 
Children: 1. Sarah Gertrude, b. Mar. 30, 
1847 ; d. Nov. 24, 1859. 2. Frederic 
Fletcher, b. Sept. 16, 1849. 

1840. iv. Susan, 8 b. Dec. 8, 1825; m. A. H. Tew, of 

Jamestown, N. Y., Nov. 12, 1845. He was 
in the war of the Rebellion, in 72d Reg. 
N. Y. vols. ; res. Carbondale, 111. Child : 
Willis Washburne, b. Apr. 9, 1853. 

1841. v. Harriet, 8 b. Oct. 23, 1829; m. H. A. McKel- 

vey, of Sparta, 111., Sept. 22, 1852 ; d. Jan. 
25, 1865. No children. 

1842. vi. Cyrus D. 8 + 

1843. vii. Marshall, 8 b. July 18, 1835; d. young. 

1844. viii. Adolphus Brooks, 8 b. May 7, 1837; d. Apr. 

4, 1866. Printer. 

1845. iv. Adeline Emerson, 8 b. Apr. 12, 1839 ; d. young. 

1846. x. Caroline Elizabeth, 8 b. Apr. 12, 1841 ; d. y'ng. 

1847. xi. Mary, 8 b. Mar. 19, 1847. 

1848. xii. Charles Francis, 8 b. Feb. 19, 1849. 

LOUISA 7 (1811), b. in Croyden, N.H., Nov. 15, 1798; 
m. Joshua Allen; m. 2d, William Maxwell. Res. Mans- 
field, O. 

EPHRAIM S.7 (1818), b. July, 1803; m. Margaret 
Chapin Oct. 26, 1828. Farmer in Whitinsville, Ms. Issue : 

1849. i. Mary Jane, 8 b. Aug. 1829 ; m. Edmund Flagg, 

of Southboro', Ms., Nov. 1855. Children: 
1. Caroline F., b. Apr. 13, 1859; d. Sept. 
22, 1860. 2. Anna M., b. Jan. 3, 1862. 
3. James E., b. Jan. 23, 1865. 



1850. 


ii. 


18-51. 


iii. 


1852. 


iv. 


1853. 


v. 


1854. 


vi. 



FLETCEEB GENEALOGY. — PABT VIII. 163 

Samuel Judson 8 +. 

Josiah Spring 8 -(-. 

Abby Elizabeth, 8 b. Mar. 1835 ; d. 1840. 

William Walton 8 +. 

James Brainerd, 8 b. Aug. 25, 1839. He was 
sergt. in Co. H, 15th Reg. Ms. vols, in the 
war of the Rebellion, and was killed in the 
battle of Antietam. 

1855. vri. Abby Elizabeth, 8 b. Nov. 25, 1841 ; m. George 

W. Davison Jan. 27, 1861. In the war of 
the Rebellion Mr. Davison was sergt. of Co. 
H, 15th Reg. Ms. vols., and was wounded 
in the battle of Ball's Bluff. Issue : 1. 
George If., b. Feb. 19, 1866; d. Mar. 18, 
1866. 2. Hattie M., b. Aug. 31, 1868. 

1856. viii. George Fargo, 8 b. Jan. 5, 1844. In the war 

of the Rebellion, corp. of Co. H, 15th Reg. 
Ms. vols. He was killed at the battle of 
Gettysburg. 

1857. ix. Emily Maria, 8 b. June 5, 1846. 

1858. x. Lewis Clarke, 8 b. Jan. 11, 1848. 

1859. xi. Clara Ann, 8 b. Oct. 26, 1852. 



EIGHTH GENERATION. 

JOHN W, 8 (1837), b. Oct. 21, 1819 ; m. Anna J. Bailey, 
in Jamestown, N. Y., June 5, 1843. Res. Sparta, 111.; 
printer. Issue : 

1860. i. Frank Bailey, 9 b. July 4, 1846 ; d. Sept. 1847. 

1861. ii. Frank Orville, 9 b. Jan. 1849. 

1862. iii. Sarah Isabella, 9 b. July, 1853 ; d. Jan. 1, 1858. 

1863. iv. Charles Winthrop, 9 b. July, 1857. 

1864. v. Sarah Maria, 9 b. Mar. 1864; d. Jan. 9, 1867. 

1865. vi. Susan, 9 b. Nov. 1866; d. July 20, 1868. 

CYRUS D. 8 (1842), b. Dec. 10, 1831 ; m. Christiana P. 
Robinson, in Dubuque, Iowa, Oct. 20, 1863. In the war of 
the Rebellion, 1st Reg. la. vols., in the battle of Wilson's 
Creek. Children : 

1866. i. Lucy Robinson, 9 b. June 1, 1865. 

1867. ii. Fenn, 9 b. Aug. 1866. 



164 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART VIII. 

SAMUEL J. 8 (1850), b. Mar. 31, 1831 ; m. Emma 
Luther Mar. 9, 1864 ; entered the army in the war of the 
Rebellion as lieut. of Co. H, 15th Reg. Ms. vols, and served 
through the war. He was promoted to be capt. of Co. D, 
same Reg., was wounded in the battle of Gettysburg, and 
again in that of the North Anna. After his return from the 
war, he was two years in the Ms. legislature, and then 
appointed state constable of Whitinsville. Children : 

1868. i. Nellie C. 9 b. July 1, 1865. 

1869. ii. Alice L. 9 b. Apr. 19, 1867. 

1870. iii. Edward S. 9 b. June 17, 1869. 

JOSIAH S. 8 (1851), b. Feb. 21, 1833; m. Mrs. Mary 
Crosby Apr. 14, 1858 ; res. Prairie City, Kansas. Children : 

1871. i. Clara A. 9 b. Feb. 13, 1859. 

1872. ii. Frank Lyon, 9 b. Aug. 16, 1861. 

1873. iii. George F. 9 b. Sept. 29, 1863. 

1874. iv. John R. 9 b. Oct. 3, 1865. 

1875. v. James B. 9 b. Oct. 20, 1870. 

WILLIAM W. 8 (1853) , b. July 6, 1837 ; m. Eliza Thurs- 
ton Oct. 26, 1862 ; res. Providence, R. I. Children : 

1876. i. George L. 9 b. Mar. 18, 1865. 

1877. ii. William, 9 b. Dec. 1867. 

1878. iii. Eliza. 9 



FLE1CHEE GENEALOGY. — PART IX. 165 

PAET IX. 

COMPRISING THE DESCENDANTS OF WILLI AM 4 (75). 



FOURTH GENERATION. 

[Capt.] WILLIAM 4 (75), b. 1702; m. Elizabeth Rem- 
ington ; m. 2d, Susannah, widow of Zachariah Fletcher 
(114), nee Fassett, who d. June 30, 1763< 

He lived and d. in Westford, Ms., where all his children 
were b. His gravestone in the west cemetery in Westford, 
reads : " In memory of Capt. William Fletcher, who died 
Sept. 22, 1784, in the 82 d year of his age." Issue : 

1879. i. William, 5 b. Dec. 13, 1731; chr. Dec. 19, 
1731. Settled on a farm in Templeton, Ms., 
where he d. unm. 



1880. 


ii. 


Jonathan 5 +. 


1885. 


vii. 


Seth 5 +. 


1881. 


iii. 


Caleb 5 +. 


1886. 


viii. 


Asaph 5 +. 


1882. 


iv. 


Elizabeth 5 +. 


1887. 


ix. 


Sarah 5 +. 


1883. 


v. 


Lydia 5 -(-. 


1888. 


X. 


Olive 5 +. 


1884. 


vi. 


Joel 5 +. 


1889. 


xi. 


Sarah 5 -f . 



FIFTH GENERATION. 

JONATHAN 5 (1880), b. Mar. 23, 1733 ; m. Sarah , 

who d. Nov. 4, 1815, ae. 76. Lived in Westford on the 
farm which had been his father's, where he d. Oct. 27, 1813 ; 
dea. of the church. Issue : 

1890. i. Sarah, 6 b. Feb. 18, 1762. 

1891. ii. Jonathan, 6 ) , . , A in + nOA 

1892. iii. Joanna/ \ twms ' b " A P r " 19 > 1764 ' 

Jonathan lived in Westford, and d. there, 
unm., Aug. 9, 1844. Joanna m. Capt. Aaron 
Parker, a bro. of Isaac Parker, see (700). 
They had: 1. Jonathan F., and 2, Ann, 
both of whom d. unm. 

CALEB 5 (1881), b. Nov. 7, 1735. Lived in Templeton, 
Ms. Issue : 

1893. i. William. 6 

1894. ii. Oliver 6 +. 



166 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART IX. 

1895. iii. Caleb Eemington + 6 . 

1896. iy. Francis. 6 

1897. v. Sarah, 6 m. -Fisk. 

ELIZABETH 5 (1882), b. Mar. 2, 1737-8; m. Joseph 
Cummings Sept. 12, 1765. Lived in Westford. Issue : 1. 
Joseph, b. Jan. 10, 1768. 2. Elizabeth, b. July 7, 1769. 
3. Bridget, b. Jan. 5, 1772. 4. Mary, b. Apr. 3, 1776. 
5. William, b. May 23, 1778. 

LYDIA 5 (1883), chr. Feb. 22, 1741; m. Silas Eiehard- 
son, of New Ipswich, N. H., Dec. 28^ 1769. Had one dau. 
Betsey. 

JOEL 5 (1884), b. in Westford, Ms., June 23, 1743; 
rem. to Templeton, Ms. ; m. Euth Gould May 31, 1764. 
Capt. of a militia co. ; in the battle of Bunker Hill. Far- 
mer. He caused to be built the only Baptist meeting-house 
in Templeton, and was dea. of the church many years, — up 
to the time of his death. He also gave land for a cemetery 
and for a school-house, on what is called "Baptist Common." 
The school-house still remains. The church has been rem. 
to Baldwinsville. He also built a dwelling-house on "Bap- 
tist Common," which is now occupied by his granddau. Mrs. 
Maynard (1924). Issue: 

1898. i. Hannah, 6 b. Aug. 25, 1768; m. May- 

nard; d. Feb. 20, 1827. 

1899. ii. Euth, 6 b. Aug. 7, 1780; m. Norcross. 

1900. iii. Susan, 6 b. Feb. 17, 1780; m. Brown 

Nov. 28, 1799 ; d. July 14, 1816. 

1901. iv. William 6 +. 

SETH 5 (1885), b. in Westford Aug. 8, 1744; chr. Aug. 
12, 1744 ; m. Joanna Fletcher (1446) June 2, 1772. Lived 
in Westford, and d. there July 2, 1812, and there his chil- 
dren were b. Joanna lived to the great age of ninety-five, 
and d. June 19, 1842. She was an exemplary member of 
the 1st Cong, church in Westford sixty-eight years. At her 
death she left, living, three children, nineteen grandchildren, 
and nine great-grandchildren. She had a well-informed and 
well-balanced mind, with great equanimity of temper, and 
in her venerable age retained her bodily and mental faculties 
to an uncommon degree. Until her last, which was almost 
her only sickness, her hearing was but little impaired, and, 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART IX. 167 

by the aid of glasses, she read with ease. Her piety was 
ardent, uniform, and consistent. She endured her last sick- 
ness, of several months' continuance, with firmness and resig- 
nation, and died in the triumphs of faith. Issue : 

1902. i. Seth 6 +. 1905. iv. Mary 6 +. 

1903. ii. Joel 6 +. 1906. v. Elizabeth 6 +. 

1904. iii. Joanna 6 +. 1907. vi. Noah 6 +, 
and two others, who d. very young. 

ASAPH 5 (1886), b. in Westford, Ms., June 28, 1746. 

The following sketch, written by his son Richard (1912), 
is taken from Benedict's History of the Baptists : 

" He was baptized, and united with the Baptist church in 
Leicester, Mass., 15th of May, 1768, being then almost 
twenty-two years of age. From that day to the day of his 
death, he continued an active and devoted Christian, being 
a period of more than seventy years. At about the age of 
twenty-two, he established himself as a physician in his 
native town of Westford, and pursued this profession with 
signal usefulness and success till the infirmities of great age 
made it necessary for him to retire from active life* 

Beside many other public offices which he held while he 
remained in Massachusetts, he was a member of the conven- 
tion which formed the constitution of that Commonwealth, 
in 1780. In that convention he struggled hard to ingraft 
into the constitution the principle, that no man should be 
compelled by law to pay taxes for the support of preaching, 
but that all such contributions should be voluntary, and 
according to the dictates of conscience. He afterwards suc- 
cessfully advocated, through the press, and maintained this 
principle of religious liberty, in the State of Vermont. 
Though he failed to effect the object for which he contended 
in the convention, yet he lived to see the principle which he 
maintained carried out in the constitution and laws of Mas- 
sachusetts. On the 3d day of October, 1776, he was 
married to Sally Green, daughter of Jonathan Green, of 
Chelsea, Mass. In Feb. 1787, he removed to Cavendish, 
Vt., where he continued to reside till his death. At the 
time of his removal to Vermont, that State was not a mem- 
ber of the Union, and he was a member of the convention 
which applied to congress for admission. He was shortly 
after a member of a convention to revise the constitution of 
that State. He was frequently a member of the legislature, 



168 FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PART IX. 

for some years one of the judges of the county court, for 
several years a member of the council, and was one of the 
electors of president and vice-president when Mr. Monroe 
was first elected. He was for a time president of the med- 
ical society of his county, and delivered lectures before that 
body. He held many other offices, not important to men- 
tion, but which manifested the respect in which he was held, 
and the confidence reposed in him. He died peacefully, 
surrounded by a numerous company of affectionate and 
devoted children and grandchildren, on the 5th of January, 
1839, aged 92 years. His wife, with whom he had lived 
most happily for sixty years, and who still lives in the grate- 
ful and affectionate remembrance of her children and grand- 
children, had deceased a few years before his own death. 

He was at all times, in public and in private life, an 
humble and devoted Christian. His advantages for an edu- 
cation in early life were very small, and he was almost wholly 
a self-taught man. Still he made himself quite a respectable 
English scholar, and acquired, without the aid of any teacher, 
a considerable knowledge of the Latin and Greek languages. 
He was thoughtful and serious, and possessed habits of 
patient and persevering investigation. He had a sound and 
well-balanced mind, and uncommon calmness and equanimity 
of temper. He cherished an unwavering faith in an over- 
ruling Providence, which sustained him in the midst of trials, 
and in the darkest hour. He was retiring and unobtrusive, 
without vanity or love of display. His great and constant 
purpose was to fill up life with duty. He lived long and 
lived well." 

" And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace ; thou shalt be 
buried in a good old age." Issue 



1908. 


i. 


Sarah 6 +. 


1913. 


vi. 


Addison 6 +. 


1909. 


ii. 


Asaph 6 +. 


1914. 


vii. 


Alpheus 6 +• 


1910. 


iii. 


Salome 6 +. 


1915. 


viii. 


Horace 6 +• 


1911. 


iv. 


Eebecca 6 +. 


1916. 


ix. 


Eyland 6 +. 


1912. 


v. 


Kichard 6 +. 









SARAH 5 (1887), b. 1739 ; chr. Sept. 23, 1839 ; d. 1742. 

OLIVE 5 (1888), b. Apr. 3, 1749; m. Paul Thorndike, 
ol Tewksbury, Ms., Feb. " 27, 1772, and thence rem. to 
Salem, Ms. 



FLETCHEB GENEALOG Y. — PAB T IX. 169 

SARAH 5 (1889), b. Sept. 26, 1746 ; m. Oliver Fletcher 
(1444) in Westford, Ms., Sept. 22, 1768. 

SIXTH GENERATION. 

OLIVER 6 (1894), b. in Templeton, Ms.; grad. Dart. 
Coll. 1814, after which he resided a few years at New Salem 
as preceptor of an academy. M. Laura, dau. of David Hen- 
shaw, Esq., of Leicester, Ms. Wholesale druggist in Bos- 
ton, Ms. They had one dau. : 

1917. Catharine L. 7 m. Henry W. Allen, 1847; res. 

Somerville, Ms. 

CALEB R. 6 (1895), b. in Templeton, Ms., Apr. 5, 1785 ; 
went to Adams, Jefferson Co., N. Y., where he m. Elizabeth 
Stowell, of Guilford, Vt. ; rem. 1832 to Solon, Ohio, where 
he now lives, hale and hearty, at the age of eighty-six. Chil- 
dren : 

1918. i. Lorenzo 7 +. 

1919. ii. David Sto well 7 +. 

1920. iii. Elizabeth Remington 7 +. 

WILLIAM 6 (1901), m. Lois Wood; maj. of the stand- 
ing militia; d. Dec. 25, 1830. Wife d. Jan. 16, 1831. 
Issue : 

1921. i. Dulcenia, 7 b. Mar. 9, 1789; m. Brown, 

a mechanic ; res. Smith ville, N. Y. ; d. May 
4, 1831. 

1922. ii. Stillman 7 +. 

1923. iii. Serenia, 7 b. July 19, 1793; d. Sept. 9, 1814, 

unm. 

1924. iv. Annis, 7 b. June 27, 1795; m. Capt. Willard 

Maynard, a farmer, who was b. in Nelson, 
N. H., July 3, 1792, and d. Nov. 26, 1857. 
She lives in Templeton, Ms., in the house 
built by her grandfather Joel (1884) on 
" Baptist Common." They had : 1. Amanda 
M., b. June 10, 1817; d. Jan. 30, 1842. 
2. Edwin W., b. Sept. 28, 1818; d. Mar. 
18, 1819. 3. Lois 8., b. Mar. 2, 1820 ; m. 
D. L. Amsden, of Athol, Ms., Mar. 29, 
1840. 4. Hannah 8., b. Aug. 31, 1822 ; d. 
Sept. 19, 1853. 5. Ruth L., b. Aug. 24, 

22 



170 FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT IX. 

1824; d. 1839. 6. Willard B., b. July 8, 
1829; m. Jan. 3, 1854. .7. Angeline, b. 
Nov. 1825 ; m. and res. in E. Templeton, 
Ms. 8. Sarah J., b. Sept. 3, 1834; m. 
Nov. 1859. 9. William F., b. Apr. 30, 
1839 ; d. Jan. 22, 1842. 

1925. v. Philenia, 7 b. Nov. 18, 1798 ; m. Baldwin; 

res. Baldwinsville, Ms. 

1926. vi. Joel, 7 b. Aug. 3, 1800; d. Sept. 1, 1801. 

1927. vii. David Wood 7 +. 

1928. viii. William 7 +. 



SETH 6 (1902), b. Aug. 19, 1775 ; m. Sally Proctor May 
20, 1809 ; farmer in Westford, Ms. ; d. May 24, 1842. 
Issue : 

1929. i. Sherman Dewey 7 +. 

1930. ii. Mary E. 7 b. Mar. 28, 1815; res. Westford. 

1931. iii. Asaph, 7 b. June 2, 1818; d. Sept. 14, 1824. 

' JOEL 6 (1903), b. June 26, 1777; m. Abigail Fletcher 
(number uncertain) Dec. 25, 1803; m. a 2d wife ; rem. to 
northern N. H., and d. there at an advanced age. Issue : 

1932. i. Benjamin Franklin, 7 b. in Westford, Ms., Aug. 

6, 1804; m. Mary Brown. Carpenter. 

1933. ii. Lucien. 7 1937. vi. Mary. 7 

1934. iii. Betsey. 7 1938. vii. Abigail. 7 

1935. iv. Joanna, 7 m. Darling. 1939. viii. Jesse. 7 

1936. v. Noah. 7 

JOANNA 6 (1904), b. July, 1779; m. Sherman Dewey, 
of Hartford, Vt., June 26, 1808; m. 2d, John Durkee, of 
Hanover, N. H., Sept. 9, 1818; d. Sept. 21, 1839. Chil- 
dren of Sherman and Joanna Dewey : 1. Sherman Fletcher, 
b. Apr. 24, 1809. 2. James Madison, b. May 6, 1810. 

Child of John and Joanna Durkee : 3. Lucy, b. Apr. 25, 
1820; d. Dec. 17, 1835. 

MARY 6 (1905), b. Aug. 10, 1781; d. Mar. 6, 1868, unm. 

ELIZABETH 6 (1906) , b. Mar. 27, 1784 ; d. Oct. 15, 1799. 

NOAH 6 (1907), b. in Westford. Aug. 7, 1786 ; m. 1813, 
Betsey, dau. of Seth Pease, of Suffield, Ct., assistant post- 



FLETCHER GENEALOG Y. — PAR T IX. 171 

master general. He was educated in Westford, taught school 
in Hingham and Tewksbury, Ms. He went to Washington, 
D. C, June, 1808, where he was clerk in the post-office 
department, and afterwards was postmaster in Natchez, Miss. 
He returned to Washington, and was a clerk many years in 
the navy and other departments, and d. there Mar. 23, 1857. 
She d. in Philadelphia May 15, 1871, ae. 86. Issue : 

1940. i. Cornelia, 7 m. Joseph A. Clay, a lawyer in 

Philadelphia. Children : 1. Fletcher, a lieut. 
in the war of the Rebellion ; killed in the 
battle of Fredericksburg, Va. 2. Alfred. 
3. Cecil, capt. in the war of the Rebellion ; 
severely wounded in battle. 4. William. 
5. Richard. 6. Edward. 

1941. ii. Cynthia, 7 m. Hon. Luther C. Peek, M. C. ; 

res. Nunda, N. Y. ; one dau. Frances. 

1942. iii. Elizabeth, 7 d. Oct. 17, 1834. 

1943. iv. Marion, 7 b. July, 1831; m. Thomas H. Mad- 

dox, of Washington, D. C. Both d. about 
1864. 



SARAH 6 (1908), b. in Westford, Ms., Aug. 22, 1778. 
She was nine years old when her father rem. to Cavendish, 
Vt., which was then a new settlement. She m. Salmou Dut- 
ton, whose father was one of the first settlers of the town, 
and gave his name to the part of it called Duttonsville. 
Here she lived to advanced age, beloved and respected by 
all. Their children, b. in Cavendish, were: 1. Salmon 
Fletcher, m. Sarah Barlow, of Windsor, Yt. ; a distin- 
guished lawyer and judge of probate ; lived and d. in his 
native village. They had Richard Dutton, a music teacher; 
Emily Dutton, who m. Redfield Proctor, and res. in Rut- 
land, Vt. ; and Salmon, who was capt. in the war of the 
Rebellion. 2, Sarah Augusta, m. Joseph Freeman, a Bapt. 
min. Children : Sarah Dutton Freeman and Betsey Free- 
man, who m. Rev. Mr. Brown, and all res. in Cavendish. 

ASAPH 6 (1909), b. in Westford, Ms., Jan. 26, 1780. 
He was but a small boy when his father rem. to Cavendish, 
Vt. ; m. Sarah Wheeler, of that town, and there followed 
farming many years ; rem. to Woodstock, Vt. ; gen. of the 
militia ; high sheriff of the county. Issue : 



172 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART IX. 

1944. i. Marcella L. 7 m. Bushrod Rice. 

1945. ii. Sarah P. 7 res. Woodstock, Yt. 

SALOME 6 (1910), b. in Westford, Ms., 1783 ; m. Feb. 
7, 1805, Luther Fletcher (766), a physician, who practised 
for some time in Cavendish, Yt., and then rem. to Granville, 
N. Y., where he d. After the death of her husband, she 
returned to Cavendish, and there spent the remainder of her 
life ; d. 1867. She was a woman of great energy of charac- 
ter, united with a kind and benevolent disposition. Her 
love for her kindred, even those of remote relationship, was 
remarkable. In the church, the Sabbath school, the family, 
and the neighborhood, she was active in doing good. They 
had one son, see (889). 

EEBECCA 6 (1911), b. Mar. 10, 1785, in Westford, Ms., 
and was but two years old when her father rem. to Caven- 
dish, Yt! ; m. Asa Fletcher (767), of Ludlow, Yt., Feb. 7, 
1805. The two sisters, Salome and Rebecca, were m. to the 
two brothers, respectively, Luther and Asa, on the same day 
and ceremony. She was a consistent member of the Bapt. 
church, and d. where she had spent her life, in Ludlow, Yt., 
Nov. 1, 1866. For account of her children, see (767;. 

RICHARD 6 (1912)* was b. in Cavendish, Yt., Jan. 8, 
1778, and his boyhood was passed in his native town, to 
which he always evinced great attachment, although he never 
resided there again after entering Dartmouth College, at the 
age of fourteen. He was graduated in 1806, receiving the 
highest honors. He then went to Salisbury, ~N. H., and took 
charge of an academy school, commencing at the same time 
the reading of law with Daniel Webster, who then lived 
there, and who m. 1808, Grace Fletcher (764). It is related 
that at the end of his professional studies, the young lawyer 
found himself in debt to Mr. Webster for tuition, and gave 
his promissory note to the amount of five hundred dollars, 



* The author has solicited, without success, a suitable sketch of one of 
the best and noblest of our family, and is finally compelled, within a few 
hours' time, to make the record for these pages. 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART IX. 173 

understanding that sufficient time should be allowed for earn- 
ing it in his practice. Mr. Webster, however, under some 
financial pressure, sold the note, and its payment was shortly 
demanded. Mr. Fletcher thereupon mounted on horseback, 
rode to Cavendish, Vt., where his father and other friends 
raised the requisite amount, and then with the hard cash in 
saddle-bags, he rode back to his creditor. Continuing in 
Salisbury, he acquired a good practice, and in 1819 rem. to 
Boston, with the capital of an excellent professional reputa- 
tion and a few thousand dollars in money. Here he shortly 
took rank with the very first of legal advocates. We quote 
from a notice that appeared soon after his death, which is, 
no doubt, just: "While in practice before the courts, his 
presence ever commanded the utmost respect. Of good 
form, of handsome and expressive features, and of most gen- 
tlemanly and pleasing address, coupled with his great learn- 
ing and untiring industry, it is not strange that he should 
have succeeded at the bar and on the bench." Another 
notice of him says : " He was an orator of great power, — 
fluent and elegant in diction, bright and sparkling in thought, 
keen and quick in repartee." His care not to be engaged in 
unworthy causes was noted. A lady called one day at his 
office, when the writer was present, and made a long state- 
ment of a lawsuit in which she desired to engage his services, 
and for which she said she was prepared to pay well. After 
hearing her patiently, "Madam," said he, "you would lose 
that suit, and had ought to lose it ; I cannot undertake it." 

In political life, he found little that suited his tastes. He 
was a member of the Mass. legislature, and, in 1837, was 
elected representative in Congress. He again received the 
nomination of the Whig party, which was, at that time, in 
that district, equivalent to a re-election. This he declined, 
as he preferred to devote himself to his profession, and 
especially because life in Congress was so uncongenial to 
him. In 1848, he was appointed judge of the supreme 
court of Mass., and retired from the bench in 1853. The 
degree of LL.D. was conferred by both Harvard and Dart- 
mouth. 

He made a public profession of religion, and united with 
the Federal Street Baptist Church, under the pastoral care 
of Rev. Howard Malcom. He became superintendent of 
the Sunday school, and at one time was chosen deacon. 
Concerning this last it was related : 



174 FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PART IX. 

" On being informed of the selection, Mr. Fletcher ap- 
peared before the society, and, in one of his happiest moods, 
addressed them. He thanked them for the kindness and 
confidence they had shown him, and then proceeded to give 
them a description of the character and qualifications which 
in his judgment were requisite for the office. Speaking thus 
at length upon the subject of religion and the importance of 
personal piety and sincere devotion to God and the cause of 
the Eedeemer, and having wrought up the attention of his 
hearers to a great interest, he closed by assuring them that 
he did not possess, nor claim to possess, then and there, 
that degree of holiness which the candidate should bring to 
the office. The calls of business, the cares of his profes- 
sion, and the worldliness of his life that had too much 
engrossed his attention, rendered it improper for him, how- 
ever much he appreciated the honor, to accept the offer ; and 
besides, said the speaker, lowering the tones of his voice, 
and throwing into his handsome face all the interest and 
emotion which memory and the occasion called up, "I am 
not worthy ; there is one insurmountable barrier standing 
between me and the position named. Among all the quali- 
fications which I have alluded to, that this officer of the 
church should possess, there is one which I have not named, 
the injunction of Holy Writ, through the apostle, is that the 
deacon * should be the husband of one wife.' I have none. 
I cannot accept the office." 

His religion was not so much of the aggressive kind, nor 
did he often urge his views upon others ; but it pervaded his 
entire character, and shone out in all his actions. Its rich 
fruits were his kind and loving disposition, with almost the 
tenderness of a child ; the firmness for the right, which no 
force could bend and no money could bribe ; the ever-flowing 
fountain of benevolence that bestowed his wealth to the help 
of many. He was devotional ; private and public worship 
he delighted in. When taken from his active duties, and 
confined to his bed by sickness, he had read to him, not the 
newspapers and books of the day, but Doddridge and Bax- 
ter. A scrap from his diary is illustrative : 

"Jan. 15, 1857. — Received through the post-office to-day 
a very remarkable letter, in which the writer says that more 
than forty years ago he abstracted twenty-five cents from my 
pocket. He encloses me a dollar and twenty -four cents for 
the money so taken, the interest evidently having been com- 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART IX. 175 

puted at compound interest to make this sum. Speaking of 
the act, the writer says : ? It has harrowed up my soul. O, 
had I thought that God looked on the heart ! ' He expresses 
great compunction, and begs me to forgive him and pray for 
him, that he may be forgiven of God. ... I sincerely 
and heartily forgive the person, whoever he may be, and I 
humbly and earnestly pray God to forgive him for Christ's 
sake, as he seems to be heartily contrite and penitent. How 
many sins I have committed in my life for which I need the 
forgiveness of my fellow men and of my Heavenly Father ! 
? Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass 
against us.' What a proof is here of the power of con- 
science ! Without the pardoning mercy of God through 
Jesus Christ, what may be the tortures of a guilty conscience 
in the world to come ! " 

He never married. His attachment to his relatives was 
remarkable. Tens of thousands of dollars he bestowed upon 
them while he lived. His nephews and nieces he seemed to 
love as if they were his children. His benefactions were 
widely spread. The worthy young man who needed a lift to 
get through college, found in him a friend, and charitable 
societies reckoned surely upon his aid. His will, after pro- 
viding for his relatives, gives to Dartmouth College the resi- 
due. A passage in that will is of interest : 

"In view of the numerous and powerful influences, con- 
stantly active in drawing professed Christians into fatal con- 
formity to the world, both in spirit and practice; in view, 
also, of the lamentable and amazing fact, that Christianity 
exerts so little practical influence, even in countries nomi- 
nally Christian, it has seemed to me that some good might 
be done by making permanent provision for obtaining and 
publishing, once in two years, a prize essay, setting forth 
truths and reasoning calculated to counteract such worldly 
influences, and impressing on the minds of all Christians a 
solemn sense of their duty to exhibit in their godly lives and 
conversation the beneficent effects of the religion they pro- 
fess, and thus increase the efficiency of Christianity in Chris- 
tian countries, and recommend its acceptance to the heathen 
nations of the world." For this purpose, he provides ten 
thousand dollars. 

At the age of eighty-one, he d. June 21, 1869. His 
remains repose at Mount Auburn ; and over them we in- 
quire, — where are the young men of this generation to fill 
the places of those gone before ? 



176 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART IX. 

ADDISON 6 (1913), b. in Cavendish, Vt., Aug. 25, 1790 ; 
m. Maria, dau. of Edmund and Dorothy Ingalls, Jan. 21, 
1819 ; m. 2d, Mary Ingalls, a cousin of his first wife. Mer- 
chant for some years in Mt. Holly, Vt., and afterwards in 
Cavendish. He was a successful business man, and an 
enterprising and public-spirited citizen. He d. Jan. 8, 1832, 
in his native town, where his three daus. were b., viz : 

1946. i. Maria Dorothy, 7 b. May, 1823 ; m. Ambrose 

A. Ranney, a lawyer in Boston, and son of 
Waitstill R. Ranney, M. D., of Townshend, 
Vt. They have, 1. Maria Fletcher, b. Sept. 

2, 1853. 2. Helen Mary, b. June 28, 1855. 

3. Fletcher, b. Sept. 8, 1860. 4. Alice, b. 
Sept. 30, 1862. 5. Ada, b. Apr. 10, 1865 ; 
d. May 14, 1865. 

1947. ii. Mary Cornelia, 7 b. 1827; m. Rufus Freeman 

Andrews, a lawyer in New York city, and 
at one time surveyor of the port. Chil- 
dren : 1. Addison Fletcher. 2. Herbert. 

1948. iii. Helen L. 7 m. George H. Johnson, a merchant 

in Boston. Rem. to New York city, where 
they res. One dau. : Frances. 

ALPHEUS 6 (1914), b. in Cavendish, Vt., July 17, 1793 ; 
m. Adeline Eliza, dau. of Hon. Uriel Chittenden and Nar- 
cissa Hatch, Nov. 8, 1822. He followed the profession of 
his father, succeeded to his practice, and became a distin- 
guished physician and surgeon. He d. in his native towD 
May 25, 1839. Issue: 

1949. i. Edward Hatch 7 +. 

1950. ii. Merab Ann, 7 b. in Cavendish, Vt., Aug. 24, 

1828 ; m. Grosvenor Waters, of New York 
city, where she res. He served three years 
in the war of the Rebellion, 162d Reg. N. 
Y. vols. They have one child: Adeline 
Fletcher. 

1951. iii. Addison M. 7 b. Mar. 17, 1831; lived twenty- 

two mos. 

HORACE 6 (1915), b. in Cavendish, Vt., Oct. 28, 1796; 
m. Harriet May, of Westminster, Vt. , Mar. 12, 1823. Grad. 
Dart. Coll. 1823 ; read law with Hon. William C. Bradley, 
of Westminster, and practised several years in his native 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART IX. 177 

town ; afterwards studied divinity and entered the ministry, 
and has been for many years the distinguished and useful 
pastor of the Bapt. church in Townshend, Vt. Issue : 

1952. i. Harriet Ann, 7 b. in Cavendish, Vt., Dec. 23, 

1823; d. Mar. 1828. 

1953. ii. Richard, 7 b. in Cavendish June 9, 1825 ; m. 

Lydia Benedict, July, 1861 ; res. in Mich. 

1954. iii. Julia Augusta, 7 b. in Cavendish Sept. 30, 

1826; m. Francis Jones, of Boston, Ms., 
Dec. 9, .1851. 

1955. iv. Harriet, 7 b. in Cavendish Oct. 2, 1832. 

1956. v. Ella, 7 b. in Cavendish Sept. 10, 1834; m. 

Charles Walker May 15, 1865. 

1957. vi. Sarah Green, 7 b. in Essex, N. Y., Nov. 12, 

1838. 

1958. vii. Catharine May, 7 b. in Bennington, Vt., Sept. 

5, 1843 ; m. Horace Burchard Sept. 5, 1866. 

RYLAM) 6 (1916), b. in Cavendish, Vt., Feb. 18, 1799 ; 
m. Mary Ann May, June 11, 1829. 

He labored in early life upon his father's farm, receiving 
such education as the district school afforded in those days. 
Commencing at the age of seventeen, he taught school dur- 
ing the winter months for five years. At his first appearance 
for parade in the militia, he was chosen a sergeant, and after- 
wards held nearly every post to that of brigadier-general. 
He attended for a short time the military school in Nor- 
wich, Vt. 

He was one of the earliest and most efficient laborers in 
the temperance cause. He addressed meetings in various 
parts of the State, and was president of the State temper- 
ance society. At the time he was colonel of a militia regi- 
ment, he called the officers together and procured a vote to 
abolish the custom of "treating" on parade days. He had 
then to encounter bitter opposition and abuse ; but he has 
lived to see a law prohibiting the sale of the destructive 
poison effectually enforced in his State, and never likely 
be repealed. 

In 1837, he took up the antislavery cause, and was its 
untiring champion, until Abraham Lincoln proclaimed that 
slavery was no more. 

He was elected in 1854 lieut.-gov., and in 1856, governor 
of the State of Vermont, and held the latter office two 

23 



178 FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT IX. 

years. He was elector of pres. and vice-pres. of the U. S. 
in 1864, and was delegate to two national conventions for 
the nomination of pres. and vice-pres. of the U. S. 

A member of the Bapt. church, he has taken great inter- 
est in the moral and religious improvement of the people, 
especially by the promotion of Sunday schools. 

He has cultivated, almost during his life, the farm where 
his father settled, and he now lives in the old mansion which 
his father built on Black Eiver, a little below Proctors ville. 

As a speaker, his manner is pleasing and persuasive, though 
his voice is not very full or clear. His style is logical, and 
full of illustration, without any apparent effort for effect. 
Children : 

1959. i. Addison, 7 b. Feb. 23, 1835. 

1960. ii. Anna May, 7 b. Feb. 18, 1836; d. May 25, 

1860 ; unm. 

1961. iii. Henry Addison, 7 b. Dec. 11, 1839. Enlisted 

as a private in 16th Eeg. Vt. vols, in the 
war of the Rebellion, and was promoted to 
lieut. ; in the battle of Gettysburg. Eep. 
in the state legislature, 1867 and 1868 ; res. 
at the old homestead erected by his grand- 
father. Farmer. 



SEVENTH GENERATION. 

LORENZO 7 (1918), b. in Adams, N. Y., Oct. 31, 1815 ; 
m. June 10, 1840, at Fredonia, N. Y., Miss Adelia Robbins ; 
lived in O. and 111. until 1858, when he went to Galveston, 
Texas, and thence, in 1861, to Pittsburgh, Pa. Preseut 
res. Jackson, Mich. ; engaged in mercantile business. Chil- 
dren : 

1962. i. Jennie, 8 b. Jan. 5, 1843; d. July 1, 1845. 

1963. ii. Frances Mary, 8 b. in Cleveland, O., Dec. 

8, 1844; m. Dec. 28, 1869, Leonard E. 
Thayer, of Jackson, Mich. 

1964. iii. Ella Addie, b. Nov. 9, 1846. 

DAVID S. 7 (1919), b. in Champion, N. Y., July 17, 
1817; m. Oct. 21, 1857, Caroline Flemming; res. Troy, 
Ind. Children : 

1965. i. Caleb Remington, 8 b. in Solon, O., Sept. 10, 

1858. 



FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PART IX. 179 

1966. ii. George "Washington, 8 b. in Solon, O., Oct. 

21, 1860. 

1967. iii. Wallace Crawford, 8 b. in Troy, Ind., Apr. 13, 

1863. 

1968. iv. Emma Emeline, 8 b. in Troy, Ind., Oct. 2,1868. 

ELIZABETH R. 8 (1920), b. in Adams, N. Y., Dec. 17, 
1819; m. Orlo R. Coe, of Cleveland, O., Apr. 28, 1845; 
d. July 22, 1858. He res. Rochester, Pa. Children: 1. 
Harwood Henry, b. Mar. 8, 1849 ; railway agent in Chicago, 
HI. 2. Damvin Fletcher, and 3, Dwight Stebbins, twins, b. 
in Cleveland, O., Aug. 19, 1851. 4. Elwood Mason, b. Aug. 
10, 1853. 5. Edward Bigelow, b. Sept. 26, 1855 ; d. Oct. 
13, 1860. 



STILLMAN 7 (1922), b. Sept. 28, 1770; m. 1816 Eliz- 
abeth Radford ; served a short term in the war of 1812 ; d. 
Aug. 23, 1866. Issue: 

1969. i. William, 8 d. 1864 in Ohio ; left a wife and six 

children. 

1970. ii. Squire, 8 served in the Mexican war ; lived in 

Ky. and Texas, where he d. Apr. 1861 ; 
unm. 

1971. iii. Henry, 8 d. Sept. 19, 1844, leaving a wife and 

two children. 

1972. iv. Jerome, 8 d. Aug. 14, 1849. 

1973. v. Francis D. 8 res. Texas; has one child. 

1974. vi. Serena, 8 b. 1826 ; m. 1845 ; res. Eaton, N.Y. ; 

has three children. 

1975. vii. Harmon, 8 ) , . , -. -, 1oaQ 
-i c\h<* ••• tt • x 8 > twins ; b. and d. 1828. 

1976. vm. Harriet, 8 3 

1977. ix. Jane E. 8 b. 1829 ; m. Apr. 27, 1856, 

Tooke ; they have three children. 

1978. x. Stillman, 8 b. Jan. 12, 1832- m. 1851; res. 

Smithfield, N. Y. Has four children. 

1979. xi. Rollin, 8 b. July 23, 1834; d. Oct. 1836. 

1980. xii. John W. 8 b. Mar. 13, 1839 ; m. Oct. 25, 1866. 

Served four years in the war of the Rebellion 
in Co. D, N. Y. cavalry. 

DAVID W. 7 (1927), b. Oct. 17, 1802 ; m. Oct. 28, 1829, 
Sarah S. Estabrook, who was b. May 14, 1809. Wheel- 



180 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PABT IX. 

wright in Rutland, Ms. Rep. in the legislature three years. 
Children : 

1981. i. Philena Elizabeth, 8 b. Jan. 5, 1830 ; m. George 

A. Putnam, a civil engineer in Rutland, 
Apr. 13, 1847. Children : 1. Amelia Maria, 
b. Feb. 27, 1848 ; d. June 4, 1869. 2. 
Mary Chandler, b. Nov. 20, 1849 ; d. July 
21, 1867. 3. Sarah Augusta, b. Oct. 5, 
1851. 4. George Fletcher, b. Feb. 22, 1854 ; 
d. Dec. 10, 1864. 5. James Rufus, b. Dec. 
9, 1855. 6. Horace White, b. Aug. 31, 
1857. 7. Alice Louisa, b. July 29, 1859. 
8. William A., b. Apr. 12, 1862. 9. David 
Fletcher, b. Mar. 27, 1864. 10. Frances 
Isabella, b. Nov. 28, 1866. 11. Clinton 
Williams, b. Nov. 3, 1869. 

1982. ii. Ann Maria, 8 b. Jan. 6, 1833 ; m. Horatio 

Moore, a farmer in Rutland, June, 1856; d. 
Oct. 13, 1869, ae. 36. Children: 1. Wil- 
liam Fletcher, b. Mar. 27, 1860. 2. Hervey 
Francis, b. Nov. 8, 1862. 3. Chester Hora- 
tio, b. Sept. 4, 1865 ; d. July 27, 1866. 

1983. iii. Stillman Jerome, 8 b. Dec. 19, 1834. Wheel- 

wright in Rutland. 

1984. iv. David Edward, 8 b. Mar. 24, 1836 ; m. Apr. 

16, 1862, Mary C. Greenleaf, who d. Aug. 
16, 1864. Watchmaker in Cincinnati, O. 

1985. v. Lois Isabella, 8 b. Dec. 1, 1840. 

1986. vi. Sarah Frances, 8 b. Aug. 19, 1843; d. May 5, 

1866. 

WILLIAM 7 (1928), b. in Templeton, Ms., Jan. 29, 
1805 ; m. Betsey Harrington, of North Orange, Ms., May, 
1833, who d. Aug. 1844; m. 2d, Caroline Blanchard, of 
Brookfield, Ms., Nov. 1847; blacksmith in Athol, Ms. 
Children : 

1987. i. Americus V. 8 +. 

1988. ii. Allen Florentine 8 +. 

1989. iii. J. Sullivan, 8 b. Feb. 25, 1843; d. Sept. 21, 

1841. 

1990. iv. Lois W. 8 b. 1849 ; m. George W. Stevens. 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART IX. 181 

SHERMAN D. 7 (1929), b. in. Westford, Ms., Dec. 29, 
1810; m. Emily Augusta Fletcher (958), Nov. 28, 1839; 
res. in Washington, D. C, from Nov. 1831 to Nov. 1839, 
and since in Westford, where he is postmaster, and engaged 
in mercantile business. To no one is the present work more 
greatly indebted. Westford is classic ground to the Fletch- 
ers ; and much of the value and interest in these pages which 
is thence derived, has found place through his efforts. Their 
children, all b. and resident in Westford : 

1991. i. Cornelia Augusta, 8 b. Jan. 8, 1841 ; m. George 

T. Day Jan. 8, 1867. 

1992. ii. Emily Frances, 8 b. Jan. 17, 1845. 

1993. iii. Sherman Haywood, 8 b. Dec. 24, 1846. 

EDWARD H. 7 (1949), b. in Cavendish, Vt., Aug. 21, 
1823 ; m. Mary Augusta, dau. of Abel and Nancy Hill, of 
Cavendish, Sept. 3, 1846 ; went to Boston 1841, and thence 
to New York city 1844, where he now res. and where all his 
children were b. Publisher. Children : 

1994. i. Robert, 8 b. Aug. 23, 1847 ; entered the N. Y. 

Free Academy 1862, and in 1864, he won 
as a prize for scholarship and intelligence 
an appointment as cadet in the U. S. Mili- 
tary Academy at West Point, which had 
been offered for competition. He was No. 
12 of the graduating class of 1868, received 
his commission as 2d lieut. 1st Reg. U. S. 
artillery. He was stationed first at Browns- 
ville, Texas, a few months, then at Fort 
Trumbull, Ct., and in 1869, was assigned to 
the Military Academy at West Point, as 
assistant professor of mathematics. On the 
1st of Jan. 1871, he resigned his commis- 
sion, and accepted appointment to take the 
charge of the Thayer school of engineering 
at Hanover, N. H. 

1995. ii. Alpheus, 8 b. Nov. 24, 1848. 

1996. iii. Adeline Elizabeth, 8 b. May 29, 1850 ; d. Nov. 

3, 1851. 

1997. iv. Richard, 8 b. July 31, 1852. 

1998. v. Mary Elizabeth, 8 b. Mar. 22, 1854. 

1999. vi. Emily, 8 b. Jan. 17, 1856. 



182 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART IX. 

2000. vii. Sarah Augusta, 8 b. Feb. 28, 1858 ; d. July 

13, 1859. 

2001. viii. Alice, 8 b. Aug. 23, 1860; d. Jau. 16, 1861. 

2002. ix. William, 8 b. and d. Oct. 1861. 

2003. x. Helen Salome, 8 b. Apr. 5, 1863. 

2004. xi. Harriet, 8 b. May 8, 1867. 



EIGHTH GENERATION. 

AMERICUS V. 8 (1987), b. Oct. 24, 1836; m. Emeline 
D. Peckam, of Dana, Ms., July 4, 1860. They have one 
dau. : 

2005. Edith, 9 b. Dec. 28, 1865. 

ALLEN F. 8 (1988), b. Mar. 28, 1839; m. Ann Jane 
Chamberlin, of Petersham, Ms., May 28, 1862. Manuf. at 
Athol Depot, Ms. Children : 

2006. i. Grace Gertrude, 9 b. Mar. 27, 1864. 

2007. ii. Edgar Allen, 9 b. May 3, 1867. 

2008. iii. William Florentine, 9 b. and d. 1869. 

2009. iv. Burton Ivan, 9 b. Nov. 13, 1870. 



FLETCBEB GENEALOGY. — PABT X. 183 



PAKT X. 

COMPRISING THE DESCENDANTS OF SAMUEL 4 (76), THOMAS * (78), 
ROBERT* (79), AND BENJAMIN 4 (80). 



DESCENDANTS OF SAMUEL 4 (76). 
FOURTH GENERATION. 



[Capt.] SAMUEL 4 (76), b. 1807; m. Mary Lawrence, 
of Littleton, Ms., Sept. 17, 1729; d. Mar. 11,1780. She 
d. Dec. 4, 1780, ae. 70. Their graves are in the West Cem- 
etery in Westford, Ms., in which town they lived and reared 
their numerous family. Issue : 

2010. i. Samuel, 5 b. Sept. 8, 1730; d. Oct. 30, 1749. 

2011. ii. Eleazer 5 +. 

2012. iii. Peter 5 +. 

2013. iv. Oliver 5 +. 

2014. v. Abel 5 +. 

2015. vi. Mary, 5 b. Mar. 31, 1739. 

2016. vii. Ezekiel 5 +. 

2017. viii. Phebe, 5 b. Mar. 2, 1742 ; d. May 12, 1759. 

2018. ix. Margaret, 5 b. Nov. 8, 1744; d. Mar. 6, 1752. 

2019. x. Sarah, 5 b. Oct. 1, 1746. 

2020. xi. Sampson, 5 b. Aug. 23, 1748; d. Mar. 20, 

1752. 

2021. xii. Kebecca, 5 b. Aug. 3, 1750; d. Dec, 11, 1751. 

2022. xiii. Samuel 5 +. 

2023. xiv. Margaret, 5 b. Sept. 13, 1755. 

2024. xv. Sampson 5 +. 



FIFTH GENERATION. 

ELEAZER 5 (2011), b. in Westford, Ms., Mar. 3, 1731-2 : 
m. Mary Fletcher (682) Jan. 16, 1755; commissioned capt. 
Nov. 12, 1772 ; lived in Westford. Issue : 

2025. i. Eleazer 6 +. 

2026. ii. Joseph 6 +. 

2027. iii. Jedediah. 6 

2028. iv. Matilda. 6 



184 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART X. 

2029. v. Mary, 6 m. Samuel Sargeant, of Boxboro', Ms, 

Children: 1. Samuel. 2. Mary, m. An- 
drew Wetherbee. 

2030. vi. Patty, 6 m. Benjamin Patch ; m. 2d, 

Brown ; m, 3d, Coburn. 

2031. vii. Sarah, 6 m. Joseph Jewett, of Littleton. 

2032. viii. Peter W. 6 + 



PETER 5 (2012), b. in Westford Oct. 31, 1733 ; m. Nov. 
25, 1762, Martha Dix, who was b. in Littleton Jan. 4, 1745, 
and d. Jan. 19, 1793. He settled in Littleton, and d. there. 
Issue : 

2033. i. Lucy, 6 b. Feb. 23, 1765; m. John Landers, 

of Littleton. 

2034. ii. Peter, 6 b. Jan. 12, 1767; m. Lucy Wood. 

2035. iii. Samuel, 6 b. Apr. 17, 1769; res. Amherst, 

N. H. 

2036. iv. Jonathan 6 +. 

2037. v. Solomon 6 +. 

2038. vi. Martha, 6 b. Jan. 11, 1775 ; m. Jonathan 

Knights, of Phillipston, Ms. 



OLIVER 5 (2013), b. June 17, 1735, in Westford, Ms. ; 
m. Olive ; lived and d. in Groton, Ms. Issue : 

2039. i. Olive, 6 b. Sept. 24, 1760 ; m. Hildreth. 

Children : 1. Sophia, m. George W. Wor- 
cester, and after his death she rem. to Canada. 
2. Benjamin Franklin, shoemaker; went to 
Mo. ; d. unm. 3. Olive, d. unm. 4. Jesse, 
farmer in Pepperell, Ms. 5. Mehitabel, d. 
ae. 27, unm. 6. Betsey. 7. Lucy, d. unm. 
8. Mary Ann. 9. James, m. Sarah Tenney. 
Farmer in Westford. 10. Harriet, m. J^mes 
Hardy. 

2040. ii. Oliver, 6 b. Jan. 12, 1762. 

2041. iii. Phebe, 6 b. Jan. 28, 1764. 

2042. iv. Sadoc, 6 b. Nov. 1, 1766. 



ABEL 5 (2014), b. in Westford, Ms., Apr. 18, 1737 ; m. 
Abigail Hildreth, in Westford, June 23, 1768 ; rem. to Lit- 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART X. 185 

tie ton, now a part of Boxboro', Ms. ; d. May 10, 1820 ; dea- 
con of the church. Issue : 

2043. i. Nathaniel Hill 6 +. 2044. ii. Ezekiel. 6 



EZEKIEL 5 (2016), b. in Westford Apr. 3, 1741; m. 
Bridget Parker, sister of Capt. Aaron Parker, of Westford, 
see (1892) ; res. Groton, Ms. Issue : 

Ezekiel, 6 b. Aug. 15, 1767. 

Bridget, 6 b. Nov. 22, 1768. 

Vryling 6 +. 

Nancy, 6 b. Sept. 2, 1772 ; m. Heber Woods, 
of Groton, Ms. 

Lyman, 6 b. June 2, 1773. 

Rebecca, 6 b. Aug. 19, 1775 ; m. Oliver Blood, 
of Groton, Ms. 

Moses P. 6 

Samuel 6 +. 

Patty, 6 m. Asa Lewis, of Groton. 

Lucy, 6 2d wife of Asa Lewis. 



2040. 


i. 


2046. 


ii. 


2047. 


iii. 


2048. 


iv. 


2049. 


v. 


2050. 


vi. 


2051. 


vii. 


2052. 


viii. 


2053. 


IX. 


2054. 


X. 



[Dea.] SAMUEL 5 (2022), b. in Westford Jan. 24, 1754 ; 
m. Lucy Jones. The Westford records state that "Mrs. 
Lucy and her child (no name) d. Aug. 5, 1785." M. 2d, 
Miriam Keyes, who was b. Mar. 13, 1767, and d. Mar. 1, 
1869, ae. almost one hundred and two. He was deacon of 
the church; d. Aug. 25, 1838. He lived and d. in West- 
ford, where all his children were b., viz. Children of 
Samuel and Lucy : 

2055. i. Samuel 6 +. 

2056. ii. Lucy 6 +. 

2057. iii. Polly 6 +. 

Children of Samuel and Miriam : 

2058. iv. Anna 6 +. 

2059. v. Betsey 6 +. 

2060. vi. Horatio 6 +, ) f . 

2061. vii. Clarissa 6 +,r wlns * 

2062. viii. Mary Ann 6 +.] 

2063. ix. Almira 6 +. 

2064. x. Elbridge 6 +. 



24 



186 FLETGHEB GENEALOG T. — PAR T X. 

SAMPSON 5 (2024), b. in Westford, Ms., Aug. 24, 1758 ; 
m. Dorothy Fletcher (705) Feb. 1, 1785, who d. May 12, 
1828. He d. Sept. 2, 1828, in Westford, where all his chil- 
dren were b., viz. : 

2065. i. Sally, 6 b. Jan. 15, 1786; m. Ebenezer Pres- 

cott. 

2066. ii. Abel 6 +. 

2067. iii. Dolly, 6 b.. June 26, 1792 ; m/Calvin Holmes ; 

res. in Western New York ; both d. 1870. 

2068. iv. Sampson, 6 b. May 4, 1795; settled in New 

Ipswich, N. H. ; d. Sept. 2, 1828. 

2069. v. George 6 +. 

2070. vi. Asa 6 +. 

2071. vii. Lucy, 6 b. Apr. 27, 1803; m. Wheeler. 

SIXTH GENERATION. 

ELEAZER 6 (2025), m. Rhoda Tenney, who d. 1858, ae. 
96. He was a soldier in the Revolution ; was in the battle 
of Bunker Hill, and drew a pension several years. Issue : J 

2072. i. Nathan 7 +. 2076. v. Joel 7 +. 

2073. ii. Edmund 7 +. 2077. vi. Rhoda 7 +. 

2074. iii. Eleazer 7 +. 2078. vii. Hulda 7 +. 

2075. iv. Lucy 7 +. 2079. viii. Maria 7 +. 

JOSEPH 6 (2026), m. LucyTuttle; lived in Littleton. 
Issue : 

Lucy. 7 

Nancy, 7 m. Olvan Raymond, of Littleton. 

Almira, 7 m. George Fletcher (2069). 

Louisa, 7 m. Edmond Tuttle. 

Patty, 7 m. Ithamer Wright. 

Sophia, 7 m. Othiel Fletcher (812). 

Simon T. 7 + 

Benjamin 7 +. 

Charles. 7 

PETER W. 6 (2032) , had issue : 

2089. i. John, 7 m. Hulda Fletcher (2078) ; m. 2d, 
Matilda Bowers. 

2090. ii. Lucy, 7 m. Edmund Fletcher (2073). 



2080. 


i. 


2081. 


ii. 


2082. 


iii. 


2083. 


iv. 


2084. 


v. 


2085. 


vi. 


2086. 


vii. 


2087. 


viii. 


2088. 


ix. 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — FART X. 187 

JONATHAN 6 (2036), b. June 22,1771; m. Hannah 
White, of Phillipston. Farmer in Littleton, Ms. ; rem. to 
Acton, Ms., 1828, and d. there 1836. She d. 1854. Issue : 

2091. i. Jonathan, 7 res. Littleton, Ms. 

2092. ii. Elizabeth D. 7 m. Blanchard, of West 

Acton, Ms. 

2093. iii. Adin H. 7 + 

SOLOMON 6 (2037), b. in Littleton, Ms., July 7 5> 1773 ; 
m. Dorcas Lawrence Feb. 26, 1801, who was b. in Littleton 
Apr. 17, 1774, and d. in Winchester, Ms., Oct. 7, 1856. 
He rem. to Pelham, Ms., and thence to Billerica, Ms., where 
he d. Dec. 3, 1815. Issue: 

2094. i. Solomon Lawrence, 7 b. in Pelham Dec. 29, 

1801 ; res. Winchester, Ms. 

2095. ii. Alvin Dix, 7 b. in Pelham May 19, 1805; d. 

in St. Louis, May 22, 1833. 

2096. iii. Betsey Wood 7 b. in Chelmsford, Ms., June 1, 

1812 ; d. in Billerica Dec. 3, 1815. 



NATHANIEL H. 6 (2043), b. in what is now Boxboro', 
Ms., Apr. 16, 1769. [The town of Boxboro' was made up 
of portions of adjoining towns, and incorporated 1783.] 
Grad. Harvard Coll. 1793 ; ordained minister of the first 
parish, Kennebunk, Me., 1800; m. Feb. 8, 1801, Sarah, 
dau. of John Storer, of Wells, Me. After an active and 
arduous ministry of twenty-seven years, he resigned his pas- 
toral connection in Kennebunk, and rem. to the paternal 
estate in his native town, supplying vacant parishes for about 
six years until he d. Sept. 4, 1834. His wife Sarah was b. 
July 6, 1776, and d. in Boxboro', May 26, 1834. He pub- 
lished a sermon delivered in Buxton, Me., June 8, 1821, at 
the funeral of Eev. Paul Coffin, D. D., and another on 
Christian Communion, in 1827. Issue : 

2097. i. Abel, 7 b. Jan. 6, 1802 ; m. Dorinda A. Lewis 

Oct. 16, 1843. Minister in Litchfield, N. H. 

2098. ii. William Augustus, 7 b. May 6, 1805 ; d. July 

7, 1816. 

2099. iii. Abigail, 7 b. June 21, 1803 ; m. Elbridge 

Fletcher (2064) Dec. 1, 1831 ; rem. to 
Clarksville, Mo., where she d. Oct. 11, 1855. 



188 FLETGHEB GENEALOGY. — FABT X. 

2100. iv. Jonas Clark, 7 b. Mar. 27, 1807 ; merchant in 

Boston; d. in Boxboro' July 15, 1835. 

2101. v. Hannah, 7 b. Mar. 25, 1811 ; m. Joseph E. 

Whitney, real estate broker in Boston, Oct. 
11,1841. Children: I.Addison. 2. Al- 
bert. 3. Mary F. 

2102. vi. John Lowe 7 +. 

2103. vii. George, 7 b. Mar. 6, 1809 ; school-teacher in 

Baton Rouge, La., where he d. June 22, 
1840. 

2104. viii. Mary, 7 b. May 19, 1813; m. Aug. 16, 1840, 

William W. Fuller, of Oregon, 111. ; d. Dec. 
6, 1841. No children. 

2105. ix. Charles 7 +. 



VRYLING 6 (2047), b. in Groton, Ms., Jan. 28, 1770; 
m. Relief Parker; lived in Groton, and d. there July 13, 
1829. Issue : 

2106. i. Phineas P. 7 + 

2107. ii. Relief M. 7 m. Harris, of Indiana. 

2108. iii. Parker. 7 

SAMUEL 6 (2052), b. about 1780 ; m. Anna, dau. of Isaac 
Lawrence, of Groton, Ms. Issue : 

2109. Samuel 7 +. 



SAMUEL 6 (2055), b. Aug. 27, 1778; m. Lydia Web- 
ber; d. Mar. 26, 1815. Issue: 
2110. Benjamin Webber. 7 

LUCY 6 (2056), b. May 3, 1781 ; m. John Keep, in 
Westford, Ms., Sept. 14, 1800. They had one child : Lucy. 

POLLY 6 (2057), b. Aug. 1, 1783; m. Joseph Corey 
Nov. 17, 1804. Children: 1. Paulina. 2. Mary. 3. 
Joseph, and others. 

ANNA 6 (2058), b. Jan. 27, 1788 ; m. Seth Whitmore, of 
Lockport, N.Y., Aug. 31, 1851, who d. Aug. 27, 1869. 
Res. Lockport. 



FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT X 189 

BETSEY 6 (2059), b. June 6, 1791 ; m. Calvin Howard 
Apr. 20, 1826. Children: 1. Francis P. In the war of 
the Rebellion, 6th Ms. Reg. ; d. from a wound in a skirmish 
in Va., Feb. 1864. 2. Calvin, d. ae. two. 

HORATIO 6 (2060), b. Mar. 28, 1796; m. Nancy Ed- 
wards, of Acton, Ms. ; res. Lowell, Ms. Children : 

2111. i. Caroline, 7 b. Sept. 13, 1827 ; d. Dec. 20, 1853. 

2112. ii. Samuel Edwards, 7 b. Jan. 24, 1829 ; d. Sept. 

23, 1840. 

2113. iii. Julia Maria, 7 b. Oct. 7, 1830; m. Luther B. 

Morse, a physician in Watertown, Ms. Chil- 
dren : 1. Edward Luther, b. Oct. 18, 1857. 
2. Henry Fletcher, b. July 16, 1860. 3. 
Clara Bell, b. Oct. 6, 1867. 

2114. iv. Mary Edwards, 7 b. Mar. 16, 1832 ; m. W. P. 

Brazer, a merchant in Lowell, Ms., Oct. 26, 
1854. Children: 1. Ralph Fletcher, b. 
Apr. 11, 1856. 2. Kate, Apr. 20, 1860. 3. 
Mary, b. Sept. 24, 1865. 

2115. v. Horatio Richmond 7 +• 

2116. vi. Clara Augusta, 7 b. Mar. 16, 1841 ; m. John 

E. Humphrey, a merchant of Rockford, 111. 
Child : Arthur, b. May 16, 1868. 

CLARISSA 6 (2061), twin sister of Horatio, b. Mar. 28, 
1796; d. Aug. 16, 1814. 

MARY ANN 6 (2062), b. Apr. 14, 1798 ; m. Leonard L. 
Gibson Dec. 29, 1825, who d. Jan. 1, 1833 ; m. 2d, Joseph 
Stone, of Groton, Ms., who d. Jan. 8, 1866. Children of 
Leonard L. and Mary Ann Gibson : 1. Mary Ann, b. July 
18, 1830 ; d. Dec. 1, 1850. 2. Martha, b. May 2Q, 1832 ; 
d. July, 1835. 

ALMIRA 6 (2063), b. Apr. 18, 1805 ; m. Jesse Minot, of 
Westford, Ms., Dec. 23, 1830 ; res. Lockport, N. Y., where 
he d. May 3, 1843. They had : Edward Jesse, b. Apr. 9, 
1833, in Westford. In the war of the Rebellion he was 
capt. of Co. C, 45th Reg. Ms. vols. Now a merchant in 
Chicago, 111. 

ELBRIDGE 6 (2064), b. Aug. 24, 1807; m. Abigail 
Fletcher (2099) Dec. 31, 1831; rem. to Clarksville, Mo. 



190 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PABT X. 

Abigail d. Oct. 11, 1855, ae. 53. He m. 2d, Mrs. Cath- 
erine Barry Dec. 4, 1856. Children : 

2117. i. George Elbridge, 7 b. Nov. 10, 1832. 

2118. ii. Nathaniel Storer, 7 b. Sept. 1, 1834; d. Mar. 

31, 1853. • 

2119. iii. Henry Harrison, 7 b. June 29, 1836. 

2120. iv. Sarah Olivia, 7 b. Apr. 1,1838; d. Mar. 3, 

1839. 

2121. v. Mary Abby, 7 b. Feb. 24, 1840; d. Sept. 11, 

1848. 

2122. vi. Benjamin Webber, 7 b. Oct. 25, 1843. 



ABEL 6 (2066), b. in Westford, Ms., Aug. 20, 1789 ; m. 
Susan Richardson, who d. Feb. 12, 1836; m. 2d, Mary 
Kimball, in Westford, June 16, 1838; d. Nov. 14, 1861. 
Children of Abel and Susan : 

2123. i. Oliver Richardson, 7 b. Dec. 15, 1821 ; m. 

Eunice H. Fenno Feb. 12, 1853, who was b. 
Nov. 12, 1825. Res. Waltham, Ms. 

2124. ii. Abel Bancroft, 7 b. Jan. 28, 1823. Farmer in 

Westford, Ms. 

2125. iii. Sampson 7 +. 

Children of Abel and Mary : 

2126. iv. Mary Kimball, 7 b. July 19, 1838 ; m. Nov. 20, 

1859, Edwin E. Hey wood, a farmer in 
Westford, Ms. Children : 1. Maria L., b. 
Aug. 9, 1860. 2. Nellie A., b. Feb. 1, 1869. 

2127. v. Albert Wright, 7 b. Dec. 26, 1840. In the 

war of the Rebellion, Co. D, 53d Reg. Ms. 
vols. ; killed in the battle of Port Hudson, 
Miss., June 14, 1863. 

2128. vi. Lucy Adelaide, 7 b. Apr. 26, 1842 ; m. Jan. 1, 

1868, Charles F. Skinner, a farmer in West- 
ford, Ms. 

2129. vii. Edward E. 7 b. Feb. 1, 1857. 

GEORGE 6 (2069), b. July 14, 1797 ; m. Almira Fletcher 
(2082); d. 1870; res. Westford. Issue: 

2130. i. Almira, 7 b. June 20, 1826 ; m. Aaron . 

2131. ii. George Henry, 7 b.* Jan. 28, 1829; m. Julia 

; d. 1870. 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART X. 191 

2132. iii. Francis Heywood, 7 b. Aug. 15, 1833. 

2133. iv. Franklin Adams, 7 b. Oct. 25, 1835. 

2134. v. Varnum Tuttle, 7 b. Feb. 28, 1842. 

ASA 6 (2070), b. in Westford, Ms., Nov. 4, 1799; m. 
Sarah Priest ; rem. to Littleton, Ms. Issue : 

2135. i. Asa Priest, 7 b. Nov. 1, 1830. 

2136. ii. William, 7 b. Oct. 18, 1832. 

2137. iii. Augustus Kimball, 7 b. Oct. 12, 1834. 

2138. iv. Sarah Elizabeth, 7 b. Jan. 4, 1840. 



SEVENTH GENERATION. 

NATHAN 7 (2072), b. in Littleton, Ms., Mar. 16, 1789 ; 
m. Sept. 4, 1811, by Rev. J. Willard, to Lucy Wood, who 
was b. in Boxboro', Ms., Sept. 4, 1794, and d. in Haverhill, 
Ms., Apr. 21, 1845 ; m. 2d, Mrs. Carleton, of E. Haverhill, 
Ms., who survived him. Cooper in Boxboro' many years, 
and afterwards a farmer; d. in Bradford, Ms., Apr. 1868. 
Issue : 

2139. i. Nathan 8 +. 

2140. ii. Luke 8 +. 

2141. iii. Rollin 8 +. 

2142. iv. Lucy Maria 8 +. 

2143. v. Edmund 8 +. 

2144. vi. Lowell Wood 8 +. 

2145. vii. Martha Matilda 8 +. 

2146. viii. Susan Melinda 8 +. 

2147. ix. Harriet Elizabeth 8 +. 

2148. x. Stillman 8 +. 

2149. xi. Andrew Jackson 8 +. 

EDMUND 7 (2073), m. his cousin Lucy Fletcher (2090) ; 
res. Lowell, Ms. Issue : 

2150. i. Edmund Dix 8 +. 

2151. ii. Isaac Allen 8 +. 

[Capt.] ELEAZER 7 (2074), b. Apr. 30, 1793 ; m. June 
22, 1822, Rebecca Kimball, who was b. July 8, 1800. Far- 
mer in Littleton, Ms. Issue. 

2152. i. Stedman Hartwell, 8 b. Feb. 1825 ; d. Nov. 18, 

1842. 



192 FLETGHEB GENEALOGY. — PAMT X. 

2153. ii. Daniel Kimball, b. Oct. 10, 1826 ; d. June 18, 

1828. 

2154. iii. Edward E. 8 + 

2155. iv. George H. 8 + 

2156. v. Sherman 8 +. 

2157. vi. Charles K. 8 + 

2158. vii. Lucie M. 8 b. Apr. 10, 1839; 'm. Peter S. 

Whit comb, a farmer in Littleton, Ms., Nov. 
27, 1857. Children: 1. Nellie Maria, b. 
Apr. 25, 1859. 2. Louisa Hartwell, b. Apr. 
19, 1861. 

LUCY 7 (2075), m. Otis Howard. 

JOEL 7 (2076), m. Sarah Cole. Children: 

2159. i. Joel Emery 8 +. 2162. iv. Sarah Ann. 8 

2160. ii. Francis F. 8 2163. v. Harrison T. 8 

2161. iii. Joseph Warren 8 +. 

KHODA 7 (2077), m. Stedman Hartwell; res. Dedham, 

Ms. 

HULDA 7 (2078), m. John Fletcher (2089) ; res. Box- 
boro', Ms. 

MARIA 7 (2079), m. Samuel Wetherbee ; res. Boxboro', 
Ms. Children: 1. Samuel Bussel, d. Jan. 1870. 2. Fran- 
cis Henri/, d. Mar. 1870. 

SIMON T. 7 (2086) , m. Serena Green. Issue : 

2164. i. Anna, 8 m. George Green. 

2165. ii. Maria, 8 m. A. Lord. 

2166. iii. Sarah. 8 

2167. iv. William. 8 

2168. v. Henry, 8 m. A. Holden. 

2169. vi. James. 8 

BENJAMIN 7 (2087) , m. Mary Blaisdell. Issue : 

2170. i. Lucy, 8 m. Blaisdell. 

2171. ii. Mary, 8 m. Horn. 

2172. iii. Hannah, 8 m. Mantano Garland. 

2173. iv. Nancy. 8 

2174. v. Serena. 8 



FLETCHER GEXEALOGY. — PART X. 193 

ADIN H. 7 (2093), b. in Littleton, Ms., Apr. 9, 1816; 
educated for the ministry at Quincy, 111., where he m. May 
12, 1845, Elizabeth W. Safford. Ordained and sent as a 
missionary to Ceylon, India, and returned 1850 ; now settled 
as a cong. rain, in Frankfort, Mich. Children : 

2175. i. Ellen N. 8 b. Mar. 14, 1846 ; d. Mar. 19, 1860. 

2176. ii. May S. 8 b. Oct. 26, 1847. 

2177. iii. Charles H. 8 b. Aug. 14, 1849. 

2178. iv. Edward B. 8 b. Dec. 7, 1851. 

2179. v. Elizabeth S. 8 b. Aug. 13, 1854. 

2180. vi. William A. 8 b. Aug. 3, 1856. 

2181. vii. George C. 8 b. Aug. 27, 1858. 

2182. viii. Frederic J. 8 b. Oct. 9, 1860. 



JOHN L. 7 (2102), b. May 10, 1815 ; m. 1859, Jane W. 
Morse. Merchant in Littleton, Ms. ; rem. to Deny, N. H. 
Issue : 

2183. Everett Storer, 8 b. June 16, 1860. 

CHARLES 7 (2105), b. Oct. 31, 1818; m. Ann Maria 
Cory 1854. Farmer in Eockford, 111. Issue : 

2184. Sarah E. 8 b. July 7, 1855. 



PHINEAS P. 7 (2106), b. Dec. 1, 1792 ; m. Eliza Woods 
June 24, 1825 ; d. Oct. 23, 1833. Issue : 

2185. i. Eliza, 8 b. Apr. 10, 1826; d. July 13, 1829. 

2186. ii. Phineas P. 8 + 

2187. iii. Lucy E. 8 b. June 17, 1829 ; d. Aug. 12, 1835. 

2188. iv. Abigail A. 8 b. June 29, 1831 ; d. Dec. 3, 1833. 

2189. v. Elizabeth, 8 b. Sept. 20, 1832 ; d. Feb. 6, 1833. 

2190. vi. Susan R. 8 b. Dec. 10, 1833. 

SAMUEL 7 (2109), b. Apr. 14, 1807, in Groton, Ms.; 
m. Nov. 22, 1830, Elizabeth, dau. of Aaron Corey, of 
Groton, where he lived until 1839 ; rem. to Hollis, N. H. 
Farmer. Issue : 

2191. i. Samuel William 8 +. 

2192. ii. Charles Henry, 8 b. in Groton, Ms., Aug. 27, 

1833. He was in the war of the Rebellion, 
Co. H, 7th Reg. N. H. vols., and d. in the 
service at Beaufort, S. C, Aug. 10, 1862. 

25 



194 FLETCHER GENEALOGY.— PART X. 

2193. iii. Elizabeth Corey, 8 b. in Groton, Sept. 3, 1836. 

2194. iv. George Thompson 8 -f. 

2195. v. Aaron Edmund, 8 b. in Hollis, N. H., Apr. 

14, 1839; d. July 25, 1841. 

2196. vi. Mary Anna, 8 b. Apr. 9, 1841 ; m. June 11, 

1867, Edmund N. H. Blood, of Pepperell, 
Ms. Children : 1. Edmund 8., b. Apr. 9, 

1868. 2. Charles F., b. Oct. 1, 1869. 

2197. vii. Sarah Frances, 8 b. Mar. 27, 1843; m. May 

28, 1870, James D. Hills, of Hollis, N. H. 

2198. yiii. Andrew Melborn 8 +. 

2199. ix. Isabell E. 8 b. Oct. 3, 1846 ; d. Mar. 17, 1863. 

2200. x. Josephine Luetta, 8 b. Aug. 17, 1848. 

2201. xi. Hermon Augustus, 8 b. Mar. 15, 1850. 

2202. xii. Edson Lee, 8 b. Apr. 18, 1853. 

2203. xiii. Jessie Fremont, 8 b. Nov. 14, 1856. 



HOKATIO R. 7 (2115), b. Aug. 28, 1835; m. June 6, 
1867, Marv Frances Knapp, of Lowell, Ms. Child : 
2204. Miriam, 8 b. Apr. 1, 1868. 



SAMPSON 7 (2125), b. Oct. 11, 1829; m. Martha A. 
Wright, dau. of Asenath (Fletcher) Wright (1496). Issue : 

2205. i. Carrie E. 8 b. Mar. 25, 1862. 

2206. ii. Albert H. 8 b. and d. 1870. 



EIGHTH GENERATION. 

NATHAN 8 (2139), b. in Littleton, Ms., Sept. 15, 1812; 
m. 1833, in Bradford, Ms., by Eev. T. Farnsworth, to Mary 
Watson, of Lynn, Ms. Farmer in Billerica, Ms. Issue : 

2207. i. Mary Ellen, 9 b. Oct. 17, 1833; m. F. Larry, 

of Bradford, Ms., and has three children. 

2208. ii. Sarah Ann, 9 b. July 21, 1835; m. Z. Euck- 

man ; res. in Illinois, and has two children. 

2209. iii. William Edmund, 9 b. Jan. 1837; res. Bil- 

lerica, Ms. 

2210. iv. Martha Jane, 9 b. Jan. 11, 1839; d. May 27, 

1839. 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PABT X. 195 

2211. v. Emily Frances, 9 b. Nov. 24, 1842 ; d. June 5, 

1843. 

2212. vi. Arthur Henry, 9 b. and d. 1844. 

2213. vii. John Henry, 9 b. Mar. 17, 1846. In the war 

of the Rebellion, he enlisted in the 14th 
Reg. Ms. vols. Having served his term, he 
re-enlisted Nov. 1863, in the Ms. heavy artil- 
lery. He was taken prisoner in front of 
Petersburg, June 22, 1864, and put into the 
horrid prison-pen in Andersonville. Here 
he suffered those barbarous and wanton cru- 
elties with the other prisoners, which have 
stamped the greatest infamy on the Rebel- 
lion. A skeleton, a mere wreck, he was 
exchanged ; but the fiendish work had been 
done too well, and he only reached Annapo- 
lis, Md., where he d. Nov. 26, 1864. His 
remains were brought home and buried with 
honor from the city hall in Haverhill, Ms. 

2214. viii. Martha Frances, 9 b. Oct. 14, 1847 ; res. Bil- 

lerica, Ms. 

2215. ix. George Arthur, 9 b. Sept. 4, 1854; d. Sept. 

14, 1854. 

LUKE 8 (2140), b. in Littleton, Ms., Feb. 4, 1814; m. 
Oct. 10, 1841, in Portland, Me., to Maria A. Hier. Farmer 
in Norway, Me. 

ROLLIN 8 (2141), b. in Acton, Ms., Jan. 8, 1816 ; m. in 
Portland, Me., Feb. 5, 1838, Sarah B. Waite, of Portland, 
who d. Mar. 1, 1845 ; m. 2d, Henrietta W. Allison, of Port- 
land, June 14, 1846. Engineer; res. Circleville, O. Chil- 
dren of Rollin and Sarah : 

2216. i. Frank Eugene, 9 b. 1840; d. 1843. 

2217. ii. Eugene Frank, 9 b. 1843 ; d. 1844. 

Children of Rollin and Henrietta : 

2218. iii. Eugene Bronson, 9 b. Apr. 28, 1847, in Port- 

land, Me. ; printer in Circleville, O. 

2219. iv. Sarah Elizabeth, 9 b. Jan. 1849 ; d. Aug. 1850. 

LUCY M. 8 (2142), o. Dec. 5, 1817; m. Harrison Kim- 
ball, in Haverhill, Ms., 1839. Children : 1. George Henry, 
b. Jan. 28, 1840. 2. Williston, b. Apr. 16, 1842 ; d. Oct. 



196 FLETCHEB GENEALO& T. - PAR T X. 

3, 1843. 3. Dilla Frances, b. Apr. 12, 1844 ; d. Sept. 28, 
1845. 4. Alice A,, b. Jan. 11, 1844; m. Eugene Day, of 
Bradford, Ms., Mar. 30, 1870. 5. William, b. Dec. 30, 
1854; d. Aug. 29, 1856. 

EDMUND 8 (2143), b. Jan. 30, 1819; m. in Haverhill, 
Ms., Oct. 29, 1840, Elizabeth C. Plummer, of Lancaster, 
Ms. He is engaged in the insurance business in Boston. 
R-s. in Chelsea. Children : 

2220. i. Harold, 9 b. Sept. 21, 1843 ; artist at the royal 

Academy of fine arts, Antwerp, Belgium. 

2221. ii. Alice, 9 b. Aug. 23, 1847. 

LOWELL W. 8 (2144), b. Mar. 23, 1822 ; m. Harriet S. 
Hall, of Bangor, Me., June 13, 1852. Dentist; d. of }^el- 
low fever in New Orleans, La., Oct. 13, 1867. His wife and 
dau. were both drowned while bathing in the river at Rock- 
port, 111., Aug. 1867. Issue: 

2222. i. Adin B. 9 b. in Rockport, 111., Dec. 13, 1856 

2223. ii. Cora D. 9 b. in Rockport March 8, 1861 ; d 

Aug. 1867. 

MARTHA M. 8 (2145), b. Mar. 26, 1824; d. July, 1847 
unm. 

SUSAN M. 8 (2146), b. Mar. 10, 1826; d. June, 1845 
unm. 

HARRIET E. 8 (2147), b. Feb. 23, 1828. 

STILLMAN 8 (2148), b. July 21, 1830; m. Frances P. 
Nichols, of Haverhill, Ms. ; shoe-dealer; d. Jan. 12, 1868. 
She d. 1866. Issue : 

2224. i. Lucy Wood, 9 b. Aug. 21, 1851. 

2225. ii. Harriet E. 9 b. Oct. 18, 1855. 

2226. iii. Ada Frances, 9 b. May 12, 1858. 

ANDREW J. 8 (2149), b. Dec. 20, 1832; m. in Haver- 
hill, Ms., Louisa F. Currier. Bootmaker. Enlisted in the 
war of the Rebellion. 

EDMUND D. 8 (2150), m. Mary Annette Lovejoy, who 
d. Mar. 31, 1859 ; m. 2d, Caroline M. Hart well, June 16, 
1867. Merchant in Lowell, Ms. They have : 

2227. Mary Elizabeth, 9 b. Sept. 1858. 



FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT X. 197 

ISAAC A. 8 (2151), m. Elizabeth Read. Merchant in 
Lowell, Ms. They have : 

2228. Anna Dix, 9 b. July 25, 1864. 

EDWARD E. 8 (2154), b. Jan. 20, 1829; m. Josephine 
M. Hartwell Feb. 10, 1856. Blacksmith in Harvard, Ms. 
Issue : 

2229. i. Alice Josephine, 9 b. July 21, 1859. 

2230. ii. Louis Edward, 9 b. Oct. 18, 1862. 

2231. iii. Frederic Hartwell, 9 b. July 20, 1865. 

2232. iv. Estelle Louisa, 9 b. Oct. 6, 1868 ; d. Nov. 11, 

1869. 

GEORGE H. 8 (2155), b. Nov. 27, 1833; m. Helen L. 
Bigelow June 21, 1866. Blacksmith in Harvard, Ms. They 
have : 

2233. Henry Bigelow, 9 b. July 2, 1867. 

SHERMAN 8 (2156), b. Nov. 1, 1835; m. Harriet E. 
Hasselton Oct. 20, 1859. Children : 

2234. i. Lucie M. 9 b. Aug. 12, 1861. 

2235. ii. George Henry, 9 b. Dec. 13, 1863. 

2236. iii. Gardner, 9 b. Oct. 23, 1865 ; d. June 11, 1869. 

CHARLES K. 8 (2157), b. Mar. 10, 1837; m. Anna W. 
Holton Oct. 13, 1859 ; res. Littleton, Ms. Children : 

2237. i. Anna Kimball, 9 b. and d. 1861. 

2238. ii. Susan Holton, 9 b. Sept. 20, 1862. 

2239. iii. Rebecca Kimball, 9 b. Sept. 29, 1864. 

2240. iv. Mary Emma, 9 b. Mar. 24, 1867. 

2241. v. Harriet Esther, 9 b. Mar. 7, 1870; d. Mar. 13, 

1870. 

JOEL E. 8 (2159), m. Mary F. Hill. Merchant in Gro- 
ton, Ms. Issue : 

2242. i. Ida Maria. 9 2245. iv. Harriet Augusta. 9 

2243. ii. Carrie Hill. 9 2246. v. Joel Anderson. 9 

2244. iii. Alta Howard. 9 

JOSEPH W. 8 (2161), m. Mary L. dau. of Oliver Deland, 
who d. 1869 ; res. Littleton, Ms. Issue : 

2245. i. Elmer Warren, 9 b. May 1, 1863. 

2246. ii. Clara L. 9 b. Feb. 2, 1868. . 



198 FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT X. 

PHINEAS P. 8 (2186), b. Oct. 27, 1827, in Groton, Ms. ; 
m. Apr. 16, 1856, Mary A. Whitney; res. Westford, Ms. 
Children : 

2247. i. Florence A. 9 b. Dec. 20, 1860; d. Sept. 7, 

1861. 

2248. ii. Charles L. 9 b. May 20, 1863. 

SAMUEL W. 8 (2191) , b. in Groton, Ms., Sept. 18, 1831 ; 
grad. Harvard Univ. Medical Dep. 1858 ; practised medi- 
cine one year in Bedford, Ms. ; rem. to Pepperell, Ms., his 
present res. In the war of the Rebellion, he was two years 
a surgeon. M. Dec. 1, 1868, Martha, dau. of John N. 
Worcester. She was b. May 12, 1833. They have : 

2249. Martha Elizabeth, 9 b. Nov. 20, 1869. 

GEORGE T. 8 (2194), b. in Groton, Ms., Apr. 14, 1837 ; 
m. Dec. 13, 1860, Sarah A., dau. of Richard Pierce, of Pep- 
perell, Ms. Child : 

2250. Anna A. 9 b. Apr. 8, 1864. 

ANDREW M. 8 (2198), b. in Hollis, N. H., Nov. 22, 
1844. In the war of the Rebellion, Co. F, 12th 111. cavalry ; 
m. Jan. 21, 1868, Nettie S. Jones, of Milford, N.H., where 
he res. They have : 

2251. Mary E. 9 b. Oct. 22, 1868. 



DESCENDANTS OF ROBERT 4 (79). 
FOURTH GENERATION. 

ROBERT 4 (79), b. Apr. 20, 1713 ; m. Remembrance 
who d. Feb. 13, 1778; res. Chelmsford, Ms., where 



his children were all b., viz : 

2252. i. Robert, 5 b. July 14, 1744. 

2253. ii. Edward, 5 b. and d. 1746. 

2254. iii. William, 5 b. Aug. 27, 1747 ; m. Lydia Bates. 

2255. iv. Charles, 5 b. Jan. 2, 1748-9 ; m. Sarah Fletcher 

( ) June 6, 1780. Rem. to Wilton, N.H. 

2256. v. Oliver, 5 b. Jan. 24, 1750-1. 

2257. vi. Remembrance, 5 b. Dec. 23, 1752; m. Levi 

Pierce Jan. 3, 1776. 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART X. 199 

2259. vii. Sarah, 5 b. Jan. 24, 1756 ; m. Daniel Kenney, 
who was b. in Middleton, Ms., Feb. 1752, 
and d. Feb. 7, 1813. She d. Aug. 27, 1809. 
Children: 1. Sarah, b. Feb. 15, 1781; m. 

Lewis. They had Samuel and Betsey. 

The last named m. Levi Saunders, and had : 

1. Coleman, res. Chester, Vt. 2. Charles, res. 
Springfield, Vt. 3. Emily, m. Addison Kendall. 
4. Lewis. 5. Daniel, who was in the Mexican 
war. 6. George. 7. Harrison. 

2. Daniel, b. July 20, 1784; m. Alice 



d. in Northfield, Ms., Nov. 1862. They had 
Barnard, who m. Melinda Seaver. Daniel 
res. Northfield, Ms. Elizabeth m. Asahel 
Shumway, and had : 

1. Jane. 2. Edward. 3. Edwin. 4. Isabel. 5. Julia. 
6. Nancy. 7. Barnard. 

3. Jerusha, b. Oct. 10, 1786; m. Oliver 
Field ; res. Dunton, 111. They had Albert 
Gallatin, Oliver Fletcher, res. Dunton ; had 
two sons by his first wife, viz : 

1. Albert Fletcher Field, b. Jan. 7, 1841. 2. Edward 
Clarence Field, b. Sept. 1843 ; in the war of the 
Eebellion more than a year. 

By his 2d wife he had eight children, names 
not known. 4. Ddvardus, b. Aug. 25, 1788 ; 
in the war of 1812 ; never m. ; res. Wins- 
low, N. J. 5. Betsey, b. Sept. 15, 1790 ; d. 
Sept. 1, 1809. 6. David, b. June 27, 1792 ; 
d. 1862. 7. Huldah, b. Jan. 4, 1795 ; m. 

Wright ; both d. about 1850, leaving 

one son : Henry. 8. Abel, b. Jan. 28, 
1798 ; m. Mar. 1824, Lydia Mcintosh, of 
Dorchester, Ms., who d. Sept. 17, 1825, 
leaving one son, who was b. Dec. 22, 1824, 
and m. Nov. 10, 1853, Mary Frances, dau. 
of Charles Ide ; res. Philadelphia. They 
have : 

1. Charles Henry Kenney, b. June 27, 1857. 2. Ellen 
Ide Kenney, b. Nov. 20, 1865. 



200 FLETCBEB GENEALOGY. — PABT X. 

The 2d wife of Abel was Elizabeth Mcin- 
tosh, m. Oct. 16, 1827. They had Lydia 
M., d. young. Susan E., b. Jan. 27, 1830 ; 
res. Fitchburg, Ms. Cornelius, d. young. 
Abel, d. July 24, 1863. 
2260. viii. Bridget. 5 



DESCENDANTS OF BENJAMIN 4 (80). 
FOURTH GENERATION. 

BENJAMIN 4 (80), b. Feb. 22, 1715. Had issue 

2261. i. Benjamin. 5 

2262. ii. Eleazer. 5 



FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT XL 201 



PART XI. 

COMPRISING THE DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH 4 (84), JOHN 4 (87), 
SAMUEL 4 (83), AND TIMOTHY 4 (93). 



DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH 4 (84). 
FOURTH GENERATION. 

JOSEPH 4 (84), b. in Concord, Ms., Mar. 26, 1686; m. 
Elizabeth Carter Dec. 20, 1704 ; m. 2d, Hepsibah Jones 
July 11, 1711. He was a member of a committee on appor- 
tionment of land in Acton, Feb. 1723. At the constitution 
of a church in Acton, Dec. 15, 1738, he was chosen deacon. 
He d. Sept. 11, 1746. Had issue: 

2263. i. Lucy. 5 2267. v. Daniel 5 +. 

2264. ii. Abigail. 5 2268. vi. Charles. 5 

2265. iii. Lydia. 5 2269. vii. Elijah. 5 

2266. iv. Elizabeth. 6 



FIFTH GENERATION. 

DANIEL 5 (2267) , a carpenter by trade. Lieut, in Capt. 
David Melvin's company from Mar. to Sept. 1747, stationed 
at Northfield. He commanded a company in Col. Nichols' 
reg. in the Canada expedition, 1758, in which he was 
wounded and taken prisoner. In 1768, he was representa- 
tive at the gen. court from Acton, Ms., and in 1772, was 
appointed on a committee on public affairs. The following 
is from Force's Archives, vol. 1, p. 294. Mass. Assembly, 
June 26, 1776 : " The house made choice by ballot of the 
following gentlemen as field officers for the 3d battalion, des- 
tined to Canada, . . . viz. : Jona. Reed, col. ; Benj. 
Brown, lieut. col. ; Daniel Fletcher, major." Concurred by 
council same day. 



202 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PABT XL 

DESCENDANTS OF JOHN 4 (87). 
FOURTH GENERATION. 

JOHN 4 (87), b. in Concord, Ms., Aug. 26, 1692; m. 
Mary . Children, all b. in Concord : 

2270. i. Martha, 5 b. May 16, 1716. 

2271. ii. John 5 +. 

2272. iii. Abigail, 5 b. July 2, 1720. 

2273. iv. David 5 +. 

FIFTH GENERATION. 

JOHN 5 (2271), b. Jan. 31. 1718, Issue': 

2274. i. Martha. 6 2278. v. Thomas 6 +. 

2275. ii. John. 6 2279. vi. Elisha. 6 

2276. iii. Abigail. 6 2280. vii. Mary. 6 

2277. iv. David. 6 

DAYID 5 (2273), b. Jan. 18, 1726 ; m. Jerusha Wheeler 
July 6, 1749. Lived in Concord, Ms., where all his children 
were b., viz. : 

2281. i. Jerusha, 6 b. Apr. 8, 1750; d. young. 

2282. ii. David, 6 b. Sept. 18, 1751. 

2283. iii. Jerusha, 6 b. Sept. 13, 1753. 

2284. iv. David, 6 b. Sept. 13, 1755. 

SIXTH GENERATION. 

[Capt.] THOMAS 6 (2278). Issue : 

2285. i. Thomas, 7 b. 1760. 

2286. ii. Elizabeth, 7 b. 1763. 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY.— PART XL ' 203 

DESCENDANTS OF SAMUEL 4 (83). 
FOURTH GENERATION. 

SAMUEL 4 (83), b. in Concord, Ms., Apr. 27, 1701. 
Issue : 

2287. i. Eebecca. 5 2290. iv. Elizabeth. 5 

2288. ii. Mary. 5 2291. v. Sarah. 5 

2289. iii. Hannah. 5 2292. vi. Hepsibah. 5 



DESCENDANTS OF TIMOTHY 4 (93). 
FOURTH GENERATION. 

TIMOTHY 4 (93), b. in Concord, Ms., Aug. 28, 1704; 
m. Elizabeth . Children, all b. in Concord : 

2293. i. Elizabeth, 5 b. Mar. 23, 1726. 

2294. ii. Timothy 5 +. 

2295. iii. Sarah, 5 b. Aug. 16, 1730. 

2296. iv. John 5 +. 

2297. v. James 5 +. 

2298. vi. Joseph, 5 b. Aug. 18, 1736. Lived and d. in 

Croyden, N. H. 

2299. vii. Benjamin, 5 b. June 27, 1738. 

2300. viii. Ephraim 5 +, ) , . , -^ , - ahak 
noA1 . -r 1 ,. * ' ' > twins, b. Feb. 5, 1740. 

2301. ix. Lyclia, 5 J ' 

2302. x. Joel, 5 b. Mar. 18, 1743. 

2303. xi. Samuel, 5 b. Aug. 12, 1747. Bapt. min. at or 

near Bennington, Vt. 

FIFTH GENERATION. 

TIMOTHY 5 (2294), b. Nov. 2, 1728. He lived in a 
part of Concord, since set off to form the town of Acton. 
He was a lame man and in poor circumstances. We have 
not the name of his first wife, by whom he had five children. 
He.m. 2d, Sarah Brewer, by whom he had nine children. 
She was a woman of remarkable energy aud fortitude. He 
died of consumption in 1779, after a long sickness, leaving 
his large family almost destitute. This was during the dark 
days of the Revolution. Then the widow struggled to get 



204 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART XL 

bread for her children. By night and day she labored ; she 
made garments of the skins of moose, goats, and other ani- 
mals ; and at the same time she had to constantly watch and 
tend her son Daniel, who was a helpless invalid with white 
swellings. After all, she was obliged to have help from the 
town. But the town was poor, and so they took from her 
the two boys who might at least have lightened her labors, 
and put them out to trades. Her step-sons had gone to the 
army ; and so she struggled on. Afterwards she m. Thomas 
Willard, after whose decease she lived with her children, 
and d. at the house of her son Timothy. The children were 
all b. in Concord, five of whom d. young, and their names 
are not known. 

2304. i. Betsey 6 +. 2311. viii. Sally 6 +. 

2305. ii. James 6 +. 2312. ix. Ruth 6 +. 

2306. iii. John 6 +. 2313. x. d. young. 

2307. iv. Rebecca 6 +. 2314. xi. d. young. 

2308. v. d. young. 2315. xii. d. young. 

2309. vi. d. young. 2316. xiii. Daniel 6 +. 

2310. vii. Lucy 6 +. 2317. xiv. Timothy 6 +. 

JOHN 5 (2296), b. Sept. 7, 1732 ; settled in New Ip- 
swich, N. H., about 1758, where he served his time with 
Joseph Adams at the cooper's trade, and where he m. 1759, 
Elizabeth, dau. of Abijah Foster, a farmer. He was killed 
in 1763 by the falling of a tree. She was the first female 
child b. in that town. Issue : 

2318. i. Ebenezer 6 +. 

2319. ii. Joseph, 6 b. 1763; d. 1782. 

JAMES 5 (2297) , b. Sept. 23, 1734. He went with Capt. 
Osgood's company in the Nova Scotia expedition, and ap- 
pears to have settled in Chesterfield, N. H., about the same 
time his bro. John went to New Ipswich. Issue : 

2320. i. Ebenezer 6 +. 2322. iii. Joel 6 +. 

2321. ii. Hannah. 6 2323. iv. Abel 6 +. 

EPHRAIM 5 (2300), b. Feb. 5, 1740; m. Sarah Daven- 
port; d. in Newport, N. H., Jan. 1, 1836. Issue: 



2324. 


i. 


Sarah 6 +. 


2329. 


vi. 


Timothy 6 +. 


2325. 


ii. 


Ephraim 6 -\-. 


2330. 


vii. 


Anna 6 +. 


2326. 


iii. 


Amos 6 +• 


2331. 


viii. 


Joel 6 +. 


2327. 


iv. 


Polly 6 +. 


2332. 


ix. 


Benjamin 6 +. 


2328. 


v. 


Lydia 6 +. 









FLETCHER GENEALOG Y. — PAE T XL 205 



SIXTH GENERATION. 

BETSEY 6 (2304), b. 1758; m. 1777, Timothy Shattuck, 
of Landaff, N. H., where she d. of consumption Feb. 18, 
1823. 

JAMES 6 (2305), b. 1759. He was sixteen years old 
when the British opened the war by their excursion from 
Boston to Concord, and he took part in the fight. Shortly 
afterwards, he enlisted, and continued in the army almost 
during the whole war, for which he received no pay, and 
did not live until the time of pensions. Alter the war, he 
m. Lydia White, and settled in Acton, Ms., on a farm near 
where he was b. He was killed by the fall of a tree in the 
woods in 1815. Besides several children who d. in infancy, 
they had : 

2333. i. James 7 +. 2335. iii. Betsey 7 +. 

2334. ii. John 7 +. ■ 

JOHN 6 (2306), b. Mar. 26, 1763. His father wa? lame, 
and his brother went into the army, while he remained at 
home to look after the family. But his father shortly died, 
and he followed his bro. into the army. Too young to bear 
arms, he served at first as an attendant, then shouldered the 
musket and remained to the close of the war, which was about 
three years. Then he settled in Sumner, Me., and m. Eliza- 
beth Spalding, of Buckfield, Me. His wedding was accom- 
plished by a ride of thirty miles to the minister's on horseback, 
with his lady-love on a pillion behind him. They lived in 
Sumner, and there raised their dozen children : 



2336. i. Elizabeth. 7 

2337. ii. John, 7 b. Feb, 

2338. iii. Fidelia. 7 

2339. iv. Kebecca. 7 

2340. v. Daniel 7 +. 

2341. vi. Patty. 7 

2342. vii. Cyrus 7 +. 


. 24, 1792; d. Jan. 16, 1816. 

2343. viii. Omittee. 7 

2344. ix. Silvia. 7 

2345. v. James 7 +. 

2346. xi. Fidelia. 7 

2347. xii. Susan.* 


EEBECCA 6 (2307), 
Stowe, Ms. 


m. 


Abram Whitcomb, a farmer of 



LUCY 6 (2310), m. Stearns, of Chesterfield, N. H. 



2% FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT XL 

SALLY 6 (2311), m. Brace, of Newfane, Vt. 

RUTH 6 (2312), m. Merriam, of Sterling, Ms. 

DANIEL 6 (2316), b. 1775. When very young, the 
family being in destitute circumstances, by the death of the 
father and the absence of his older brothers in the war, he 
was, with his bro. Timothy, put out to work for his living. 
Daniel, being a cripple, was put to a saddler by the name of 
Brown. In course of time, when he was about nineteen 
years old, a difficulty arose between Brown and his appren- 
tices, and Daniel escaped and reached New York city. He 
m. Sally Parrish, of Bridgeport, Ct., and d. of yellow fever 
1805, leaving : 

2348. Daniel Brewer, 7 b. 1804. 

TIMOTHY 6 (2317), b. May 9, 1779, in Acton, Ms., and 
was but twenty days old when his father d., leaving a large 
family in extreme poverty. He was but a mere child when 
he was bound out to a farmer to serve during his minority, 
and he faithfully served out his whole time. The following 
is his own account, written when over eighty years of age, 
of a journey to New York city in 1792 : 

"At the age of twenty-three, I set out to find my long- 
absent brother Daniel. On foot and alone, at the rate of 
fifty miles a day, I travelled -until I arrived at Bridgeport, 
Ct. , where for the first time I found myself on board a sail- 
ing craft. Arriving at Hellgate, the old sea captains, on 
learning that there was a raw Yankee on board, were dis- 
posed to have some sport ; but there being on board a num- 
ber of families moving to New York on the first day of May, 
no action took place." 

In 1803, he went to Lincolnville, Me., and taught school, 
and the same year m. Mary L. Brown, of that place. Here 
he bought a farm and lived moie than sixty years, and d. 
Aug. 21, 1864, ae. eighty-five. "Not too old," he said, "to 
hate rum and slavery." He was an upright man and a 
conscientious Christian. His wife d. 1828. Children, all 
b. in L. : 

2349. i. Daniel Brown 7 +. 

2350. ii. Lucy 7 b. Sept. 24, 1809; m. Moses Eankin, 

a farmer in Lincolnville, Me., Sept. 1834; 
d. May 19, 1862. Children : 1. Lucy, b. 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART XL 207 

Dec. 30, 1834; d. of consumption Aug. 21, 
1853. 2. Mary, b. Mar. 10, 1836 ; m. 1854, 
Henry Manning, a sailor; res. L. 3. Ed- 
win, b. Dec. 5, 1837 ; farmer in L. In the 
war of the Rebellion, Co. G, 26th Reg. "Me. 
vols. ; d. iu the army hospital June 7, 1863. 

4. Francis, b. Dec. 16, 1839 ; farmer in L. 

5. Cordelia, b. Apr. 10, 1842; m. 1860, 
Francis Young, a sailor. 6. George, b. 
Sept. 26, 1845 ; farmer in L. 7. Francelia, 
b. July 25, 1847 ; res. L. 8. Caroline, b. 
Dec. 12, 1849; res. L. 9. Moses L., b. 
Apr. 23, 1853; res. L. 

2351. iii. Timothy 7 +. 

2352. iv. Mary, 7 b. May 1, 1813; m. Jeremiah Rich- 

ards, a farmer in Lincolnville, Me., Sept. 
1834. Children: 1. Sarah, b. Jan. 16, 
1835 ; res. L. 2. Julia, b. and d. 1837. 3. 
Melissa, b. June 24, 1839 ; res. L. 4. May- 
berry, b. Nov. 23, 1840; farmer in L. ; in 
the war of the Rebellion, Co. B, 19th Me. 
reg. 5. Miles F., b. and d. 1842. 6. Miles 
L., b. July 21, 1845; farmer in L. 7. 
Eugene, b. June 15, 1847 ; farmer in L. 

2353. v. Martha, 7 b. Mar. 6, 1816; m. 1833, Aaron 

Young, a farmer in Lincolnville, Me. Their 
children all b. in L. : 1. Albert, b. June 12, 
1840 ; farmer in L. 2. Mary Jane, b. June 
12, 1842; d. Sept. 9, 1854. 3. Rachel, b. 
July 1, 1844. 4. Isaac, b. Oct. 27, 1846 ; 
farmer in L. 5. Francis, b. Sept. 17, 
1848 ; farmer in L. 6. Joseph W., b. Oct. 
27, 1850 ; farmer in L. 7. Gyrus, b. Aug. 
16, 1852 ; farmer in L. 8. Fremont, b. 
July 6, 1854; farmer in L. 9. Ella, b. 
Dec. 8, 1856; d. Mar. 8, 1858. 

2354. vi. Deborah, 7 b. May 3, 1818; m. Sept. 1845, 

William McKenney, a farmer in Lincoln- 
ville, Me. ; d. Aug. 17, 1861. Children all 
b. and res. in L. : 1. Cyrus B., b. Aug. 26, 
1846 ; farmer. 2. Ella jS., b. Feb. 4, 1847. 
3. William F., b. and d. 1849. 4. Deborah 
A., b. Oct. 31, 1850. 5. William, b. Aug. 



208 FLETGHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT XL 

16, 1853. 6. Augustine F., b. and d. 1855. 

7. Franklin W., b. Mar. 10, 1857. 8. 
George L., b. Apr. 3, 1860. 

2355. vii. Tryphena, 7 b. Oct. 29, 1820; m. Rufus Davis 

July, 1842 ; m. 2d, Hezekiah Rankin, 1860 ; 
res. Lincolnville, Me. Children of Rufus 
and Tryphena Davis: 1. William £., b. 
Feb. 6, 1844. In the war of the Rebellion, 
Co. E, 1st Reg. Me. cavalry ; d. in the army 
hospital Apr. 8, 1864. 2. Frederic O., b. 
Oct. 29, 1846. In the war of the Rebellion 
in 2d Me. battery ; farmer in Camden, Me. 
3. Leroy 8.\ b. Oct. 4, 1848. In the war 
of the Rebellion in Co. G, 9th Me. Reg. ; 
farmer in L. 4. George A., b. July 19, 
1850. 5. Henry A., b. Oct. 12, 1852. 
6. Abbie L., b. Oct. 4, 1854 ; d. 1855. 7. 
Adrian A., b. Dec. 16, 1856. 
Children of Hezekiah and Tryphena Rankin : 

8. Frances A,, b. May 23, 1860. 9. Orvilla 
M., b. Oct. 19, 1864. 

2356. viii. John 7 +. 

2357. ix. Francis M. 7 b. Jan, 20, 1827. Carpenter in 

Kansas ; unm. 



EBENEZER 6 (2318), b. in New Ipswich, N. H., Feb. 5, 
1761; m. 1786, Mary, dau. of Samuel Comings. She was 
b. Dec. 16, 1758, and d. Feb. 26, 1812. He m. 2d, June, 
1812, Mrs. Mary Foster, widow of Nathaniel Foster, of 
Ashby, Ms,, and dau. of Asa Rendall. She was b. in Dun- 
stable, Ms., Dec. 29, 1766, and d. in Winchendon, Ms., Jan. 
25, 1 851. He served in the Revolution, first as fifer in Capt. 
Parr's company, in Col. Nathan Hale's regiment. He was at 
Ticonderoga on the approach of the British under Burgoyne, 
and retreated to Hubbardtown, Vt., and in the battle at 
that place, was wounded and taken prisoner. In about 
three weeks, he managed to escape from the British, and, 
after great hardships, reached home. Recovering from his 
wounds, he returned to the army and served through his 
three years' enlistment. He was, in 1779, under Gen. Sul- 
livan, in his campaign against the Indians in Genessee Co., 
N. Y. 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART XL 209 

He received a common school education, and at the age of 
fourteen, was put under Mr. Samuel Comings, whose dau. 
he afterwards m., and whose mills he purchased. He was 
engaged for some years in trunk making. He was an exem- 
plary member of the Baptist church, and was noted for his 
industry and his strict integrity. He d. May 8, 1831', and 
was buried in the cemetery, in the southerly part of New 
Ipswich, where a plain gravestone marks the spot. 

. He wrote a narrative of his adventures, of which two edi- 
tions were published while he lived, and which has lately 
been reprinted in elegant form, with notes and portraits, by 
Charles I. Bushnell, Esq., of New York city, in an edition of 
one hundred copies for his own use. (See Appendix C.) 
Children, all by the first marriage : 

2358. i. Comings 7 +. 2364. vi. Sally 7 +. 

2359. ii. Ebenezer 7 +. 2365. vii. Nancy 7 +. 

2360. iii. John 7 +. 2366. viii. Dexter 7 +. 

2361. iv. Polly 7 +. 2367. ix. Roby 7 +. 

2362. v. Betsey 7 +. 2368. x. Joseph 7 +. 



EBENEZER 6 (2320), m. Mary Calder, and lived in 
Chesterfield, N. H. Issue : 

2369. i. Silas 7 +. 

2370. ii. John 7 +. 

2371. iii. William. 7 

2372. iv. David. 7 

2373. v. Elizabeth, 7 m. Jacob Hoffman. 

2374. vi. Susannah. 7 

2375. vii. Ebenezer, 7 d. young. 

JOEL 6 (2322), b. Nov. 26, 1763; m. Lucy Hubbard, 
who was b. Nov. 4, 1769 ; in. 2d, Mary H. Brackett, nee 
Haines, widow of Levi Brackett. She was b. July 14, 1773, 
and d. Jan. 14, 1853. By the first marriage were eight 
children, and one by the second. Res. Lyndon, Vt. He was 
a man of standing and influence in the community. A fine 
monument in the cemetery at Lyndon points out the place of 
his interment. Issue : 

2376. i. Hannah B. 7 b. Jan. 5, 1792 ; m. John Bowen. 

Issue: 1. Amanda. 2. Hannah. 3. Lu- 
vena. 4. Susan. 

27 



210 FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT XL 

2377. ii. Lucy, 7 b. Mar. 12, 1793 ; d. May 25, 1803. 

2378. ih\ Betsey P. 7 b. Feb. 17, 1795 ; m. David French ; 

res. Hardwick, Vt. Children: 1. Annette, 
2. Maria. 

2379. iv. Welcome J. 7 + 

2380. v. Gratia H. 7 b. Aug. 20, 1799 ; m. M. Shaw 

Nov. 30, 1817 ; m. 2d, Isaac Harrington 
May 7, 1833. Children by first marriage: 
1. Nancy Maria, b. Oct. 17, 1818. 2. 
Susan Sophia, b. Nov. 6, 1822. 3. Lucy 
Lurena, b. Aug. 12, 1825. 
Children of Gratia H. and Isaac Harrington : 

4. Emily A., b. Mar. 26, 1838. 5. Charles, 
b. June 2, 1840. 6. Mien M., b. May 30, 
1842. 

2381. vi. Maria C. 7 b. Aug. 21, 1801 ; m. Dr. J. Dick- 

erman, of St. Johnsbury, Vt, Children: 1. 
William. 2. Jerry. 3. Julia M. 4. Helen. 

5. Mary J. 

2382. vii. Olive W. 7 b. July 8, 1803; m. Brack- 

ett; d. May 13, 1837. 

2383. viii. Euth H. 7 b. June 30, 1805; m. Rev. Hilton 

Brackett, of Charleston, Yt. 

2384. ix. Joel 7 +. 

ABEL 6 (2323), m. Phebe Hildreth Jan. 18, 1784; res. 
Chesterfield, N. H. Issue : 

2385. i. Samuel,? b. Oct. 29, 1783. 

2386. ii. Levi. 7 b. May 10, 1785. 

2387. iii. Silas, 7 b. June 29, 1787. 

2388. iv. Daniel,? b. Aug. 8, 1789. 

2389. v. Luna,? b. Sept. 29, 1791. 

2390. vi. Joel, 7 b. Feb. 2, 1794. 

2391. vii. Alpheus, 7 b. and d. 1796* 

2392. viii. Phebe, 7 b. Feb. 1, 1798. 

2393. ix. David Stoddard 7 , ) , . ^ a,,™ 1 ionn 
n9n , a i tt *, i ? twins, b. Aug, 1, 1800. 

2394. x. AradHunt 7 +, > ' ° ' 



SARAH 6 (2324), b. 1763; m. Jonathan Wakefield, of 
Newport, N. H. 



FLETCBER GENEALOGY. — PART XL 211 

EPHRAIM 6 (2325), b. in Grafton, Ms., Nov. 23, 1767 ; 
d. in Newport, N. H., in the house in which he had lived 
sixty years. Issue : 

Oliver, 7 b. Jan, 19, 1795. 

Orpha, 7 b. Mar. 23, 1797. 

Quartus 7 +. 

William, 7 b. Nov. 10, 1801. 

Mahela, 7 b. June 11, 1804. 

Polly, 7 b. June 29, 1806. 

Electa M. 7 b. Mar. 23, 1809. 

2402. viii. Bela J. 7 + 

2403. ix. Austin C 7 b. Mar. 23, 1813, 

2404. x. Lyman M. 7 + 

AMOS 6 (2326), b, Mar. 2, 1770. Issue : 

2405. i. Charity ,7 >, . 



2395. 


i. 


2396. 


ii. 


2397. 


iii. 


2398. 


iv. 


2399. 


v. 


2400. 


vi. 


2401. 


vii. 



2406. 


ii. 


Bathsheba, 7 J 


wins. 




2407. 


iii. 


Joel. 7 


2410. 


vi. Louisa. 7 


2408. 


iv. 


Erastus. 7 


2411. 


vii. Amos. 7 


2409. 


v. 


Zebina. 7 


2412. 


viii. Nathan. 7 



POLLY 6 (2327), b. July 7, 1771; m. James S. Wales; 
d. Sept. 8, 1844. No issue. 

LYDIA 6 (2328), b. Dec. 21, 1774; m. Albergence 
Griggs. 

TIMOTHY 6 (2329), b. July 14, 1778 ; m. Lois Metcalf 
Mar. 27, 1803. Issue : 

2413. i. Laura, 7 b. Apr. 18, 1804. 

2414. ii. Aurilla, 7 b. Nov. 3, 1807. 

2415. iii. Samuel M. 7 b. June 6, 1810. 

2416. iv. Cyrus Kingsbury 7 +. 

2417. v. Nancy, 7 b. Mar. 12, 1815. 

2418. vi. Stillman T.? + 

2419. vii. Timothy S. 7 

2420. viii, Benjamin, 7 b. Mar. 18, 1823. 

ANNA 6 (2330), b. Jan. 8, 1781 ; m. Pliny Wight. 

JOEL 6 (2331), m. Delia Rogers, of Holland, Ms, He 
was drowned May 20, 1791. Issue ; 

2421. i, Joel 7 +. 



212 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART XL 

2422. ii. Asena'h, 7 b. Jan. 25, 1788. 

2423. iii. Delia, 7 b. Jmie 9, 1791. 

BENJAMIN 6 (2332), b, Aug. 6, 1788 ; d. May 13, 1854. 
Issue : 

2424. i. George B. 7 2428. v. Phebe. 7 

2425. ii. Emily. 7 2429. vi. Melita. 7 

2426. iii. Lydia. 7 2430. vii. Hiram D.? 

2427. iv. Ariel K. 7 



SEVENTH GENERATION. 

JAMES 7 (2333), b. in Acton, Ms. ; m. Louisa Bobbins ; 

m. 2d, . He was many years in trade in A., and d. 

1833. He had one dau., who d. young, 

JOHN 7 (2334), b. in Acton, Ms., 1790; m. Clarissa 
Jones 1822. Merchant and shoe manufacturer. Capt. of 
militia and has held several civil offices, Dea. in the Cong, 
church. His ardent support of the temperance cause cost 
him the loss of a valuable apple orchard 1843, which was 
destroyed by girdling the trees ; and the same act of spite 
was repeated upon him a few years afterwards. He retired 
from business some years ago, and still lives in his native 



town. Children : 






2431, i. James 8 +. 


2434. 


iv. Quincy A. 8 


2432, ii, John 8 +. 


2435. 


v. Abigail B. 8 -f 


2433. iii. Edwin 8 +. 







BETSEY ^ (2335), b. June 12, 1786 ; m. Timothy Shat- 
tuck, of Landaff, N. H., Jan. 28, 1812, where she d. Jan. 
£6, 1851, He was b, in Littleton, Ms., 1779. 



DANIEL 7 (2340), b, Jan. 7, 1799; m. Mary Stetson; 
m. 2d, Sylvina Keen, Farmer in Buckfield, Me. Children 
of Daniel and Mary : 



2436, 


i. 


Lydia, 8 


2437. 


ii. 


Daniel, 8 m, and has a family. 


2438. 


iii. 


Mary, 8 


2439. 


iv. 


Elizabeth, 8 


2440. 


v. 


Gideon. 8 In the war of the Eebellion. 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART XL 213 

2441. vi. Rebecca. 8 

2442. vii. Omittee. 8 

Children of Daniel and Sylvina : 

2443. viii. Emily. 8 2444. ix. Susan. 8 

CYRUS 7 (2342), b. May 7, 1803; in. Lydia Russel, of 
Hartford, Me. Rem. to Iowa, and thence to California. 
Issue : 



2445. 


i. 


John. 8 


2449. 


v. 


Joanna. 8 


2446. 


ii. 


James. 8 


2450. 


vi. 


Lydia Jane. 8 


2447. 


iii. 


Chandler. 8 


2451. 


vii. 


Julia August 


2448. 


iv. 


Julia Ann. 8 


2452. 


viii. 


Rosanna. 8 



JAMES 7 (2345), b. Nov. 13, 1809; m. Lucy Jackson 
Nov. 26, 1834. Res. E; Dixfield, Me. Issue : 

2453. i. Eunice, 8 b. Feb. 28, 1837 ; m. Nathan B. Har- 

low, a farmer in Canton, Me. 

2454. ii. Mary Ann, 8 b. Apr. 27, 1838 ; m. James Stew- 

art, of S. Weymouth; d. Feb. 25, 1866. 

2455. iii. Eliza, 8 b. June 18, 1840; m. Orrin L. Hub- 

bard, a farmer of Dixfield, Me. 

2456. iv. Timothy, 8 b. June 20, 1842 ; accidentally 

killed Aug. 10, 1847. 

2457. v. Jane, 8 b. May 12, 1844; d. Apr. 30, 1860. 

2458. vi. Nathaniel J. 8 b. Sept. 23, 1846. Farmer. 

2459. vii. Sally, 8 b. Nov. 7, 1847; d. Aug. 18, 1859. 

2460. viii. Julia J. 8 b. Feb. 17, 1849 ; m. Leander Bow- 

ley, a farmer. 

2461. ix. Rufus S. 8 b. Aug. 2, 1851. Farmer. 

2462. x. John, 8 b. Nov. 17, 1853. Farmer. 
2462J. xi. Ella, 8 b. Feb. 28, 1858. 

2463. xii. Frederic, 8 b. Apr. 8, 1860. 

DANIEL B. 7 (2349), b. Mar. 26, 1808 ; m. Susan Adams 
May 3, 1832. Farmer in Lincolnville, Me. Issue : 

2464. i. Mary A. 8 b. Dec. 29, 1833; m. Ambrose 

Spaulding, 1854. 

2465. ii. Susan A. 8 b. Mar. 12, 1835 ; m. George W. 

Young. He enlisted in the war of the 
Rebellion, 19th Reg. Me. vols., and was 
wounded in the battle of Gettysburg. 

2466. iii. James S. 8 b. June 20, 1838 ; cl, Apr. 8, 1861 ; 

farmer. No issue. 



214 FLETGHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT XL 

2467. iv. Mahela C. 8 b. Oct. 15, 1841 ; m. Bobert Heal 

1858. 

2468. v. John F. 8 b. May 31, 1843 ; enlisted in the war 

of the Eebellion, 26th Reg. Me, vols., and 
was killed in the battle of Irish Bend, on 
the Mississippi River, Apr. 16, 1863 ; unm, 

2469. vi, William E. 8 + 

TIMOTHY 7 (2351), b. Apr. 24, 1811; m. Lydia A. 
Davis, July, 1840 ; res. Camden, Me. Issue : 

2470. i. Charles L. 8 b. Mar. 31, 1841. In the war of 

the Rebellion in 2d Me. battery. Res. Cam- 
den, Me. 

2471. ii, Clara E. 8 b. Mar, 1, 1845; m. 1862, Lewis 

Carlton, a merchant in Camden, Me, 

2472. ih\ Ella M. 8 b. Feb. 19, 1851. 

JOHN 7 (2356), b, Jan. 23, 1823 ; m. Mary A. Thorndike 
Sept. 1845. In the war of the Rebellion, he was drafted, 
and served in the navy. Carpenter in Camden, Me. Issue : 

2473. i. Joseph W. 8 b. June 25, 1846. In the war of 

the Rebellion in Co. M, 1st Me. cavalry. 
Taken prisoner at Petersburgh, Va., and 
never after heard from , — perhaps wantonly 
tortured to death with the thousands of other 
prisoners, t Carpenter by trade, 

2474. ii. Alice P. 8 b. Jan. 30, 1853. 

2475. iii. William W. 8 b. Feb. 3, 1856. 

2476. iv. Frederic P, 8 b. Nov. 22, 1861. 



COMINGS 7 (2358), b. July 4, 1784; m. Sally Wheeler 
Mar. 18, 1803 : rem. to Enosburg, Vt., about 1820 ; d. July 
21, 1839. Issue: 

2477. i. Samuel C. 8 + 

2477. ii. George W. 8 b. Oct. 8, 1812; m. Mary Ann 
Watson, of Eden, N. Y., Oct. 15, 1837, 
where he res. Farmer. 

2479. iii. Fanny W. 8 b. Oct. 18, 1816; m. Rev. E. J. 
Comings, of Enosburg, Vt., Feb. 1, 1839. 
Children : 1. Sarah I)awes, b. July 5, 1840, 
in Oberlin, O. 2. Eliza Stewart, b. Nov. 
29, 1847, in Montpelier, Vt, ; res. High- 
gate, Vt. 



FLETCEEB GENEALOGY. — PABT XL 215 

2480. iv. Elizabeth F. 8 b> May 5, 1818; m. Reuben 

Taylor, of New Ipswich, N. H., Oct. 19, 
1842. Children: 1. Martha Fidelia, b. 
Apr. 25, 1844. 2. Mary Elizabeth, b. Oct. 
2, 1850. 3. Harriet Lillian, b. Apr. 21, 
1854; d. Jan. 27, 1859. 

2481. v. Edward P. 8 b. Oct. 8, 1821 ; m. Isabella 

Wartmant Aug. 14, 1848 ; res. Canada. 

2482. vi. JohnBartlett 8 +. 

2483. vii. Mary C. 8 b. Dec. 15, 1825 ; m. William A. 

Comings ; res. E. Berkshire, Vt. Children : 
1. Homer Fletcher, b* Oct. 21, 1852. 2. 
Frederic William, b. July 14, 1858. 3. 
Frances Louisa, b. July 4, 1861. 

2484. viii. Martha P. 8 b. Aug. 22, 1829 ; m. Rev. A. A. 

Whitmore, Cong, min., Sept. 17, 1849 ; rem. 
to Ohio, and thence to Barry, 111. Chil- 
dren : 1» Charles Henry, b. in Ashburnham, 
Ms., Oct. 21, 1850. 2. Albert Barnes, b. 
in Fairfield, O., Nov. 3, 1853. 3. John 
Fletcher, b. in Windsor, O., Sept. 5, 1856. 
4. Walter, b. in Troy, O., July 5, 1859. 5. 
Mary Ella, b. in Henry, 111., Apr. 11, 1866. 

EBENEZER 7 (2359), m. Sybil Spaulding; d. in Cor- 
nish, N. H. Millwright. Children, all b. in Cornish : 

2485. i. Benjamin, 8 carpenter. 

2486. ii. Hiram, 8 res. Eden, Yt. 

2487. iii. Silas, 8 Univ. min. in Exeter, N. H. 

2488. iv. Dexter, 8 d. Feb. 1857. 

2489. v. John, 8 d. young. 

2490. vi. Adams, 8 d. in Burlington, Vt. 

2491. vii. Guilford D. 8 b. Septal, 1829 ; res. S. Acton, 

Ms. 

2492. viii. Oriel, 8 m. John Johnson; res. Cornish. 

2493. ix. Mary, 8 m. Little ; d. in Manchester, N.H. 

2494. x. Lavinia, 8 m. and lived in Martha's Vineyard, 

Ms. 

JOHN 7 (2360), m. Sally Smith; d. in Michigan, ae. 63. 
Wheelwright. Issue : 

2495. L Sarah, 8 b. in New Ipswich, N. H. ; res. in 

Mich. ; unm. 



216 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PABT XL 

2496. ii. John, 8 b. in Berkshire, Vt. ; res. Lansing, 

Mich. 

2497. iii. Sophronia, 8 b. in Berkshire ; m. Jesse Miller. 

2498. iv. Asenath, 8 b. in Berkshire ; m. Timothy Wheeler. 

2499. v. Mary Ann, 8 b. in Abbott's Corner, Canada; 

m. Clark. 

2500. vi. Hiram, 8 b. in Sabravois, Canada, 1816 ; d. 

1854. 

2501. vii. Matilda, 8 b. in S. ; m. Elijah Curtis; res. in 

Michigan. 

2502. viii. Gardner, 8 b. in S. ; farmer in Mich. 

2503. ix. Jane, 8 b. in S. ; res. in Mich. 

2504. x. William, 8 b. in S. ; res. Ingham, Mich. 

2505. xi. Betsey, 8 b. in S. ; d. 1857. 

2506. xii. Ebenezer, 8 b. in S. ; farmer in Ingham, Mich. 

POLLY 7 (2361) , m. Peter Felt ; d. Aug. 27, 1840. Chil- 
dren, all b. in New Ipswich: 1. Mary, m. Rev. 

Keeler ; res. Calais, Me. 2. Albert, farmer in Quincy, 111. 
3. Adeline, m. Eben Turner, a farmer in Quincy, 111. 4. 
Edward, farmer in 111. 5. George, d. young. 6. Caroline, 
d. young. 

BETSEY 7 (2362), b. 1793 ; m. Ralph Roby ; d. May 5, 
1842. They had: 1. Peninali, cl. in Boston, ae. twenty- 
three ; unm. 2. Laura, b. in New Ipswich ; d. in childhood. 

3. Elizabeth, b. in Grafton, N. H., 1821 ; m. — Carr, of 

Boston; d. 1847. 4. Belinda A., b. hi Grafton, N. H. ; 
m. Fish, Aug. 26, 1847 ; res. Boston. 

SALLY 7 (2364), b. 1795; m. Hugh Brooks Fletcher 
(2695), of New Ipswich, N. H., who went off and was 
not afterwards heard from. She became deranged, and d. 
1855. 

NANCY (2365), b. May 22, 1797; m. Mar. 26, 1818, 
Thomas Davis, of New Ipswich, N, H. They celebrated 
their "golden wedding" with a good number of congratulat- 
ing friends. He d. July 15, 1869, ae. 74. Children: 1. 
Mary, b. in New Ipswich, Apr. 20, 1819, lived only ten 
days. 2. Ebenezer F., b. June 13, 1820 ; d. May 29, 1821. 
3. Richard, b. in Enosburg, Yt., Aug. 24, 1823; m. Ase- 
nath Blanchard, of New Ipswich, where they res. Wheel- 



FLETCHEB GENEALOG Y. — TAB T XL 217 

wright. 4. Sivona, b. in Enosburg, Apr. 29, 1827 ; m. 
George Jacquith, a farmer, in Ashburnham, Ms. ; res. at 
present in New Ipswich. 5. James, b. in Enosburg, Dec. 
23, 1832 ; farmer in Fitchburg, Ms. 

DEXTER 7 (2366), b. in New Ipswich, N. H. ; m. Mrs. 
Eeed. Farmer in Stoddard, N. H. They had : 

2507. Sarah, 8 d. young. 

ROBY 7 (2367), b. in New Ipswich, June 30, 1804; m. 
Milly Taylor. Issue : 

2508. i. Ellen, 8 m. Samuel Weston. 

2509. ii. Harriet, 8 m. Chas. Weston. Res. in Wisconsin. 

2510. iii. Mary. 8 

2511. iv. Sophronia. 8 

2512. v. George, 8 d. young. 

JOSEPH 7 (2368) , m. Nancy Hall. Farmer in Enosburg, 
Vt. They had : 

2513. i. Nancy, 8 b. in W. Berkshire, Vt. ; m. Rev. S. 

S. Hyde ; res. in Michigan. 

2514. ii. Almira, 8 b. in W. Berkshire ; m. Charles Jac- 

quith, of Ashburnham, Ms. 



SILAS 7 (2369), b. in Chesterfield, N.H., Sept. 1, 1780 ; 
rem. to Canada 1806 ; m. Isabel Sutherland 1809. In the 
Canadian rebellion he took an active part, and was commis- 
sioned a colonel by the revolutionary government. He d. 
at Charlotte, Chatauque Co., N. Y., 1847. She d. 1855, ae. 
sixty-two. Issue : 



2515. 


i. 


Susanna. 8 


2523. 


ix. 


Caroline. 8 


2516. 


ii. 


John, s 


2524. 


X. 


Nelson 8 +. 


2517. 


iii. 


Daniel 8 +. 


2525. 


xi. 


Joel 8 +. 


2518. 


iv. 


Stephen. 8 


2526. 


xii. 


Lydia. 8 


2519. 


v. 


Sarah. 8 


2527. 


xiii. 


William H. 8 + 


2520. 


vi. 


Elizabeth. 8 


2528. 


xiv. 


Silas C 8 


2521. 


vii. 


Mary. 8 


2529. 


XV. 


David. 8 


2522. 


viii. 


Joseph 8 -f*. 









JOHN 7 (2370), b. Feb. 19, 1782 ; m. Ruth Hollinshead 
Sept. 11, 1810; rem. to Canada 1806; d. Oct. 19, 1860. 
Issue : 

28 



218 FLETCHER GENEALOG Y. — PAR T XL 

2530. i. William, 8 b. May 25, 1811. 

2531. ii. George H. 8 b. June 9, 1813. 

2532. iii. David* +. 

2533. iv. Silas, 8 b. Mar. 31, 1817. 

2534. v. Joseph, 8 b. Mar. 21, 1819. 

2535. vi. Elizabeth, 8 b. June 30, 1821. 

2536. vii. James, 8 b. July 10, 1823. 

2537. viii. Sarah Ann, 8 b. July 15, 1825. 

2538. ix. John C. 8 b. Feb. 11, 1827; d. 1830. 

2539. x. Wesley, 8 b. Dec. 26, 1828 ; d. June 18, 1830. 

2540. xi. Mary, 8 b. Feb. 7, 1831 ; d. young. 

2541. xii. John Calder, 8 b. 1833. 

2542. xiii. Charles, 8 b. and d. 1836. 

WELCOME J. 7 (2379), b. Apr. 5, 1797 ; res. Wheelock, 
Yt. Issue : 

2543. i. Hannah, 8 m. Samuel Dinsmore, of Sutton, Yt. 

2544. ii. Christopher. 8 

2545. iii. Jenks. 8 

2546. iv. Alanson. 8 

JOEL 7 (2384), b. Mar. 3, 1818, in Lyndon, Yt. ; m. 
Zewiah T. Fletcher; rem. to St. Johnsbury, Yt., 1856. 
Issue : 

2547. i. Charles Haines, 8 b. Dec. 3, 1840. 

2548. ii. Henry E. 8 + 

2549. iii. George Harley, 8 b. Sept. 19, 1852. 

ARAD H. 7 (2394), m. Bethany . Issue : 

2550. i. Arad H. 8 b. May 20, 1823. 

2551. ii. Rodney, 8 b. Dec. 18, 1825. 

2552. iii. Henry, 8 b. Oct. 3, 1826. 

2553. iv. Elmira, 8 b. Oct. 13, 1828. 



QUARTUS 7 (2397), b. Apr. 22, 1799. Issue : 

2554. i. William K. 8 No issue. 

2555. ii. Ruel H. 8 + 

2556. iii. James W. 8 + 

2557. iv. Elizabeth A. 8 m. Edwin Fletcher, a farmer. 

They had: 1. Caroline L. 2. Charles V. 
3. Nettie J. 





FLETCHER GEXEALO&Y. — PART XL 


2558. 


v. Charles F. 8 + 


2559. 


vi. Ursula K. 8 m. George W. Hilliard. 




have : 1. Ladora J. 2. James 




George W. 


2560. 


vii. Oliver M. 8 + 


2561. 


viii. Orpha M. 8 m. Benjamin T. Atwood. 


2562. 


ix. Henry L. 8 in. Angeline Freeman. 


2563. 


x. Loella. 8 


2564. 


xi. Emma. 8 


2565. 


xii. Joel M. 8 



219 



They 
B. 3. 



BELA J. 7 (2402), b. Jan. 16, 1811. Issue : 

2566. Francis E. 8 

LYMAN M. 7 (2404), b. Mar. 26, 1819. Issue : 

2567. i. Ama. 8 2569. iii. Charles F. 8 

2568. ii. Alice. 8 

CYRUS K. 7 (2416), b. Oct. 8, 1812; m. Mar. 8, 1835, 
Rachel S. Jacobs ; res. Croyden Flat, N. H. Children : 

2570. i. Aurora W. 8 2572. iii. Melvin S. 8 

2571. ii. Silas J. 8 2573. iv. Evaline A. 8 

STILLMAN T. 7 (2418), b. Aug. 6, 1817; m. Pamela 
Spicer Sept. 13, 1840, who d. June 1, 1852; m. 2d, Mary 
Allen Dec. 21, 1859. Farmer at Croyden Flat, N. H. Chil- 
dren : 

2574. i. Mary Spicer, 8 b. July 9, 1841 ; d. Jan. 24, 

1843. 

2575. ii. Edward Selwyn, 8 b. Dec. 21, 1842. Teacher 

in Washington, N. H. 

2576. iii. Charles Bradford, 8 b. Oct. 10, 1844; d. Apr. 

6, 1846. 

2577. iv. Henry Wyman, 8 b. June 12, 1846. Farmer 

in Newport, N. H. 

2578. v. Miriam Lois, 8 b. June 30, 1848 ; m. Nov. 26, 

1868, David Newton, a farmer in Newport, 
N.H. 

2579. vi. Malvina Lucy, 8 b. May 25, 1850. 

2580. vii. George Milon, 8 b. Oct. 6, 1853. 

2581. viii. William Stillman, 8 b. Nov. 24, 1855. 

2582. ix. Aurilla Parmela, 8 b. Nov. 26, 1862. 

2583. x. Laura E. 8 b. Feb. 11, 1869. 



220 FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PART XL 

JOEL 7 (2421), b. Mar. 28, 1784. Issue : 

2584. i. Alanson. 8 2589. vi. Charles G. 8 

2585. ii. Anthony S. 8 2590. vii. Delia S. 8 

2586. iii. Ariel K. 8 2591. viii. Matilda G. 8 

2587. iv. Joel. 8 2592. ix. Eebecca. 8 » 

2588. v. Daniel M. 8 



EIGHTH GENERATION. 

JAMES 8 (2431), b. Sept. 5, 1823; m. Oct. 10, 1849, 
Lydia Middleton, dau, of Rev. Henry Woodward, mission- 
ary to Ceylon; Cong. min. in Danvers, Ms., from 1849 to 
1864, and since principal of Hotton high school in that place. 
Dau : 

2593. Mary Whitlock, 9 b. Feb. 1851, 

JOHN 8 (2432), b. Aug. 8, 1827; m. Apr. 25, 1850, 
Martha Taylor. Shoe manuf. in Acton, Ms. ; rep. and after- 
wards senator in legislature. Issue : 

2594. i. Silas Taylor, 9 b. Feb. 18, 1854. 

2595. ii. Clara Sophia, 9 b. Sept. 28, 1856. 

EDWIN 8 (2433), b, Oct. 14, 1829; m. Susan Smith 
June 23, 1867. Dau. : 

2596. Eveline Stanwood, 9 b. June 5, 1869. 

ABIGAIL B. 8 (2435), b. Dec. 25, 1835 ; m. Henry M. 
Smith May 3, 1857. They have: 1. Harriet Emily, b. 
Jan. 11, 1863. 2. Albert Henry, b. Dec. 24, 1864. 3. 
Martha Fletcher, b, Sept. 13, 1867. 

WILLIAM E. 8 (2469), b. Sept, 21, 1845 ; m. Emma E. 
Heal 1862. Enlisted in the war of the Rebellion, 1st Reg. 
Me. vols. Issue : 

2597. William E. 9 



SAMUEL C, 8 (2477), b. in New Ipswich, N. H., 1805; 
m. M. E- Barnum Oct. 9, 1831. Farmer in Enosburgh, Vt. 
Children ; 

2598. i, Lyman B. 9 -f 

2599. ii. Bartlett M. 9 + 

2600. iii. Sarah E. 9 



FLETCHER GENEAL OGY. — PAR T XL 221 

2601. iv. Homer C. 9 enlisted in the war of the Rebel- 

lion 1861, as fifer in 13th Reg. Vt. vols. ; d. 
of typhoid fever Nov. 18, 1862, in Alexan- 
dria, Va. 

JOHN B. 8 (2482), b. Feb. 5, 1824; m. Sept. 3, 1843, 
Louisa B. Williams, of Enosburgh, Vt., who d. Jan. 16, 
1862; m. 2d, Apr. 21, 1863, Susan Appleby, of Oberlin, 
O. He is supt. of Nat. Car Co., St. Albans, Vt. Children : 

2602. i. Lucy C. 9 b. Jan. 18, 1845. 

2603. ii. Martha L. 9 b. July 15, 1848. 

2604. iii. Nellia M. 9 b. Oct. 28, 1853. 

2605. iv. William B. 9 b. Jan. 7, 1862. 

2606. v. Arthur G. 9 b. Oct. 5, 1868. 



DANIEL 8 (2517), b. Oct. 15, 1812; m. Emily Morgan; 
res. Hustiford, Wis. Children : 

2607. i. David J. 9 b. Mar. 17, 1846. 

2608. ii. Sarah C. 9 b. Nov. 27, 1847. 

2609. iii. Charles N. 9 b. Mar. 4, 1850. 

2610. iv. Ruth Bell, 9 b. Apr. 17, 1857. 

JOSEPH 3 (2522), b. Oct. 17, 1820; m. Sept. 5, 1847, 
Matha A. Milsnaw ; res. Hudson, Mich. Child : 

2611. Agnes, 9 b. Mar. 10, 1851. 

NELSONe (2524), b. Mar. 18, 1825; m. Jan. 1, 1855, 
Olive J. Wyman; res. Oskosh, Wis. Children : 

2612. i. Isabella S. 9 b. and d. 1856, 

5613. ii. Frances, 9 b. Nov. 26, 1856 ; d. Sept. 4, 1857. 

2614. iii. Ellen Elizabeth, 9 b. Jan. 31, 1858. 

2615. iv. William Nelson, 9 b. Jan. 18, 1863. 

2616. v. Caroline, 9 b. Nov. 29, 1865 ; d. Sept. 20, 1866. 

JOEL 8 (2525), b. Sept. 18, 1826 ; m, Mary Eliza May- 
nard. Children : 

2617. i. George S. 9 b. Sept. 14, 1850. 

2618. ii. Emma, 9 b. Dec. 25, 1858. 

WILLIAM H. 8 (2527), b. Sept. 19, 1829; m, Sept. 10, 
1853, Abby Wells. In the war of the Rebellion, Co, I, 8th 
111. cavalry ; res. Albany, 111. Children ; 



222 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART XL 

2619. i. Henry Walter, 9 b. Sept. 29, 1860. 

2620. ii. Cora, 9 b. Oct. 22, 1863. 

2621. iii. Emma, 9 b. Dec. 10, 1869. 

DAVID 8 (2532), b. Mar. 17, 1815 ; m. Catherine Hem- 
berstone May 11, 1841 ; res. Rochelle, III. Issue : 

2622. i. Samuel H. 9 b. May 12, 1843; m. Frances 

Reenes Jan. 1, 1867. In the war of the 
Rebellion, Co. A, 2d 111. cav. In the battles 
of Ft. Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, Vicksburg 
and others. 

2623. ii. William H. T. 9 ) Twins, b. May 4, 1849. Wil- 

2624. iii. David S. H. 9 $ liam H. T., d. Aug. 5, 1858. 

HENRY E. 8 (2548), b. July 31, 1843; m. Rebecca A. 
Smith Dec. 18, 1866 ; res. St. Johnsbury, Vt. Issue : 

2625. Henry Alfred, 9 b. Aug. 16, 1869. 



RUEL H. 8 (2555), m. Caroline Wyman. Issue: 

2626. i. Elizabeth W. 9 2628. iii. Caroline. 9 

2627. ii. Charles R. 9 

JAMES W. 8 (2556), m. Lucy C. Fletcher. Children : 

2629. i. Francis R. 9 2632. iv. Elizabeth E. 9 

2630. ii. Ursula E. 9 2633. v. James E. 9 

2631. iii. Ruel M. 9 

CHARLES F. 8 (2558), m. Martha J. Wilmarth. Issue : 

2634. i. Etta. 9 2636. iii. Henry. 9 

2635. ii. Lillian. 9 2637. iv. William. 9 

OLIVER M. 8 (2560) , m. Josephine Morrill. They have : 

2638. Frederic. 9 

NINTH GENERATION. 

LYMAN B. 9 (2598). Issue: 

2639. i. Frank S. 10 2640. ii. Elmer H. 10 

BARTLETT M. 9 (2599). Issue : 
2641. Nelson P. 10 



FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT XII. 223 



PAET XII. 

COMPRISING THE DESCENDANTS OF SAMUEL* (96), FRANCIS* (99), 
HEZEKIAH* (101), AND WILLIAM* (104). 



DESCENDANTS OF SAMUEL 4 (96). 
FOURTH GENERATION. 

SAMUEL 4 (96), b. in Concord, Ms., Nov. 30, 1692 ; m. 
in Concord, by Justice Minot, to Abigail Hubbard, Jan. 18, 
1721. Issue: 

2642. i. Jonathan 5 +. 2644. iii. Ebenezer 5 +. 

2643. ii. Mary. 5 

FIFTH GENERATION. 

JONATHAN 5 (2642), m. Mary Billiard; res. Rutland, 
Ms. Issue : 

2645. i. Benjamin, 6 b. Aug. 13, 1749. 

2646. ii. Relief, 6 b. July 13, 1751. 

2647. iii. Amy, 6 b. Feb. 11, 1754; d. Sept. 10, 1756. 

2648. iv. Abigail, 6 b. Apr. 3, 1756. 

EBENEZER 5 (2644), m. Elizabeth Fletcher ( ) Feb. 
28, 1748 ; res. Rutland, Ms., where all his children were b., 
viz. : 

2649. i. Elizabeth, 6 b. Jan. 4, 1749. 

2650. ii. Ebenezer, 6 b. Aug. 6, 1752. 

2651. iii. Samuel, 6 b. Apr. 2, 1754. 



DESCENDANTS OF FRANCIS 4 (99). 
FOURTH GENERATION. 

FRANCIS 4 (99), b. in Concord, Ms., Nov. 12, 1698 ; m. 

Abigail , who was b. 1700, and d. in New Ipswich, N. H., 

1788. His name appears in a list of subscribers to " Prince s 
Chronology " commenced in 1728. He then lived in Concord, 



224 FLETCREB GENEALOGY. — PABT XII. 

where all his children were b., and probably was advanced in 
years when he rem. to New Ipswich, where two of his sons 
had settled. Issue : 

2652. i. Josiah 5 +. 2654. iii. Francis 5 +. 

2653. ii. Thomas 5 +. 2655. iv. Abigail 5 +. 



FIFTH GENERATION. 

JOSIAH 5 (2652), b. in Concord, Ms., Nov. 11, 1726. 
Issue : 

2656. i. Gideon 6 +. 2658. iii. Josiah. 6 

2657. ii. Daniel 6 +. 2659. iv. Levi 6 +. 

THOMAS 5 (2653), b. Dec. 10, 1729, in Concord, Ms.; 

m. Esther . He went to New Ipswich, N. H., 1754, 

and settled on a farm now owned by Dea. Joseph Davis. 
The house is yet standing. He was one of the constituent 
members of the first church in that town, formed Oct. 1760. 
He commanded, in 1770, the only military company in the 
town. He became a wealthy farmer, and d. Mar. 17, 1811, 
ae. 82. His wife Esther survived him but a few months, and 
d. 1812, ae. 83. Issue : 

2660. i. Sarah, 6 b. Sept. 27, 1756. 

2661. ii. Josiah 6 +. 

2662. iii. Thomas 6 +. 

2663. iv. Esther, 6 b. Sept. 21, 1762 ; d. Mar. 20, 1783. 

2664. v. Abigail, 6 b. Mar. 28, 1765. * 

2665. vi. Anna, 6 b. Sept. 29, 1768. 

2666. vii. Benjamin, 6 b. Dec. 10, 1770. 

FRANCIS 5 (2654), b. in Concord, Ms., Oct. 22, 1733; 
m. Sarah Parker, of Westford, Ms., June 11, 1760, and in 
that year settled in New Ipswich, N. H., on a farm since 
owned by Dea. James Davis, then an unbroken forest. He 
commanded a militia co. some years. He enlisted in the 
war of the Revolution, and was one of the large number of 
New Ipswich men who were at the capture of Burgoyne. He 
d. Aug. 27, 1797. His widow m. Joshua Todd, who d. 
Apr. 23, 1818, ae. 90. She d. in Antrim, N. H., Dec. 25, 
1825, ae. 85. Children, all b. in N. I. : 

2667. i. Mary 6 -|-. 2669. iii. Ephraim 6 +. 

2668. ii. Jonathan 6 +. 2670. iv. Sarah 6 +. 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PABT XII. 225 

2671. v. Joshua 6 +. 2674. viii. Jeremiah 6 +. 

2672. vi. Francis 6 +. 2675. ix. Samuel 6 +. 

2673. vii. Lydia 6 +. 

ABIGAIL 5 (2655), b. in Concord, Ms., Aug. 12, 1739. 

SIXTH GENERATION. 

GIDEON 6 (2656) . Had issue : 

2676. i. Joshua. 7 2679. iv. Josiah. 7 

2677. ii. John. 7 2680. v. Samuel. 7 

2678. iii. Daniel. 7 

DANIEL 6 (2657) , lived in Canterbury, N. H. Issue : 

2681. i. Phineas 7 +. 

2682. ii. Hannah. 7 

2683. iii. Betsey, 7 m. Loring. 

2684. iv. Daniel, 7 a Shaker. 

2685. v. James, 7 a Shaker. 

2686. vi. Joanna, 7 a Shaker. 

2687. vii. John 7 +. 

2688. viii. Joshua. 7 

2689. ix. William, 7 a Shaker. 

2690. x. Sarah, 7 a Shaker. 

LEYI 6 (2659) , lived in Groton, N. H. Had issue : 

2691. i. Gideon. 7 

2692. ii. Aaron 7 +. 

2693. iii. Moses, 7 lived in Groton, N. H. 



JOSIAH 6 (2661), b. June 13, 1758; rem. to Goshen, 

N. H. ■; m. Grace : , who d. 1789 ; m. 2d, Walton, 

1790, by whom he had eight children, names not known. 

THOMAS 6 (2662), b. in New Ipswich, N. H., May 1, 
1860 ; m. 1788, Betsey Hoar, who d. 1802, ae. 38 ; m. 2d, 
Peggy Smith, of Peterboro', N. H. ; d. 1813. Children of 
Thomas and Betsey : 



2694. 


i. Thomas 7 +. 


2695. 


ii. Hugh Brooks 7 +. 


2696. 


iii. Benjamin, 7 b. Sept 




young. 



18, 1793; probably d. 
young. 

29 



226 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PABT XII. 

2697. iv. Alma, 7 b. Jan. 21, 1796 ; m. Bedlow, of 

Lowell, Ms. No children. 

2698. v. Sally,' b. Oct. 10, 1798 ; m. Brown, of 

Ashburnham, Ms. 

2699. vi. Betsey, 7 b. July 20, 1801 ; d. ae. 10. 

Children of Thomas and Peggy : 

2700. vii. John Smith, 7 rep. in legislature from Lowell, 

Ms. ; unm. 

2701. viii. William, 7 d. ae. 5. 



MAEY 6 (2667), b. 1760; d. unm. 

JONATHAN 6 (2668) , b. 1764 ; m. Euth Irish, of Union, 
Me. ; rem. to Lincolnville, Me., about 1790. Issue : 

2702. i. Sally, 7 m. Eobert Moody. 

2703. ii. Lemuel. 7 

2704. iii. Mary, 7 2d wife of Francis Fletcher (2709) . 

2705. iv. Julia Ann, 7 m. Abner Knight. 

EPHEAIM 6 (2669), b. 1767; m. Lydia Knight, of Lin- 
colnville, Me., where he settled with two of his bros., 1790. 
Issue i 

2706. i. Nathan 7 +. 

2707. ii. Euth, 7 m. Richard Martin. 

2708. iii. Orinda, 7 m. Thomas Bartlett. 

2709. iv. Francis 7 +. 

2710. v. William 7 +. 2712. vii. Sally. 7 

2711. vi. Betsey. 7 2713. viii. Nancy. 7 

SARAH 6 (2670), b. 1770; m. Burrows. Theyhad: 

1. Sally y m. Thomas Templeton, who was in the war of 
1812. 2. Lydia, m. 1815, John Parkhurst, minister, who 
was b. in Chelmsford, Ms., 1789. She d. 1819. 3. Ruth, 
m. Jonas Dutton 1815. 4. Celia, m. the widower of her 
sister Lydia 1820. 5. Laura, d. ae. 19 ; unm. 6. Wil- 
liam, m. Louisa Eastman. 7. Elvira, m. L. W. Hastings. 

JOSHUA 6 (2671), b. Apr. 27, 1772; m. 1792, Susannah 
Parker; farmer in Washington, N. H. ; d. Feb. 20, 1841. 
She d. Feb. 30, 1853, ae. 78. Issue : 



FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PABT XII. 227 

2714. i. Joshua,? b. in Stoddard, 1ST. H., July 30, 1794 ; 

m. 1819, Eliza Stephens; d. Jan. 6, 1855. 
They had one son, who d. in infancy, and 
four daughters. 

2715. ii. Susan, 7 b. 1 Feb. 25, 1796; m. 1819, Isaac 

Green, and had four daughters. 

2716. iii. Sarah, 7 b. Apr. 2, 1797 ; m. 1819, Ezra Mil- 

len, and had two sons and three daughters. 

2717. iv- Diadarnia, 7 b. Sept. 16, 1798 ; m. 1820, Heze- 

kiah Davis, and had three sons and two daus. 

2718. v. Diana, 7 b. Sept. 13, 1803; d. May 27, 1806. 

2719. vi. Francis P. 7 -f- > . 

2720. vii. Diana, 7 $ twins * 

FRANCIS 6 (2672) , b. 1775 ; m. Hannah Fisk, of Groton, 
Ms.; settled in Lincolnville, Me., 1790; d. 1862. Chil- 
dren, all b. in L. : 

2721. i. Samuel 7 +. 

2722. ii. Ephraim 7 +. 

2723. iii. Clarissa, 7 m. Asa Allenwood. They had : 1. 

Francis. 2. Fjphraim. 3. Noah. 4. Aman- 
da. 5. Joseph. 6. Hannah. 7. Augusta. 

2724. iv. Lyclia, 7 b. 1804; m. Benjamin Barnes. 

2725. v. Mary, 7 b. 1806; m. Joseph Thomas. 

2726. vi. Harriet, 7 b. 1810; m. George Burgess; d. 

1847. They had: X.Frank. 2. Calista. 
2121. vii. Sarah, 7 b. 1814; m. John York. 

LYDIA 6 (2673), b. 1776. 

JEREMIAH 6 (2674), b. Aug. 10, 1785. When twelve 
years old, he went with his bros. to Lincolnville, Me., and 
remained two years. Then he returned to N. H., and lived 
with his mother, who had m. 2d, Joshua Todd, and settled 
in Temple, N. H. In 1807, he went to Washington, N. H., 
and m. Lucy Davis 1809. There he spent the remainder of 
his days, and d. Dec. 19, 1851. Farmer. She d. May 27, 
1852, ae. 67. Issue: 

2728. i. Mary Ann, 7 b. May 29, 1811 ; m. 1840, Ben- 
jamin Cram, a farmer in Bradford, N. H. 
They had : 1. Albert D., b. July 25, 1844 ; 
d. Nov. 1, 1861. 2. Mary Ann, b. June 
14, 1849; d. Mar. 12, 1851. 3. OrlenD., 
b. Sept. 6, 1863. 



228 FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PART. XII. 

2729. ii. Samuel 7 +. 

2730. iii. Lucy, 7 b. Nov. 15, 1814; m. Apr. 9, 1846, 

Joel Severance, a farmer; cL Mar. 7, 1852, 
leaving a son, Arthur F., one day old. 

2731. iv. Lydia, 7 b. 1820; m. May 20, 1841, Edmund 

Dole, a farmer in Claremont, N. H. They 
had: 1. Charles, b. 1843; m. 1864; res. 
Claremont. 2. John, b. Feb. 8, 1845 ; 
res. Claremont. 

2732. v. Francis P. 7 + 

2733. vi. Relief, 7 b. Mar. 1, 1822; d. ae. two mos. 

2734. vii. Jeremiah, 7 b. May 2, 1824; d. ae. seven mos. 

2735. viii. Henry Ames, 7 b. Dec. 8, 1827 ; m. Elvira C. 

Cram Apr. 24, 1851. Farmer. 

SAMUEL 6 (2675), b. Mar. 19, 1789. After his father's 
death, he went to live with Dr. James Crombie, in Temple, 
N. H. He m. Annie Bodwell, of Antrim, N. H., 1814, 
where he settled, and where he lived until his death, July 
9, 1845. Farmer. Dea. of the Pres. church. Whiton's 
History of Antrim says : "Dea. Fletcher was for years one 
of the most prominent and valued citizens of the town, being 
not only an elder in the church, but selectman, town clerk, 
rep. and justice of the peace, — a man always to be trusted." 

Annie was b. Mar. 19, 1795, and lives in Peterboro', N. 
H., in the enjoyment of comfortable health. Issue : 

2736. i. Lydia, 7 b. Jan. 8, 1815 ; m. Nov. 4, 1834, 

Reuben Hill, a manufacturer. Children : 1. 
Samuel Fletcher, b. July 31, 1839; d. in 
San Francisco June 25, 1865. 2. James 
Austin, b. July 26, 1841. Enlisted in 2d 
Reg. N. H. vols, in the war of the Rebellion, 
and served through the war. Res. Man- 
chester, N.H. 3. Helen M., b. Feb. 6, 
1845 ; school-teacher in Manchester, N. H. 

2737. ii. Louisa, 7 b. June 26, 1816; m. Feb. 1842, G. 

W. Winship, a mechanic of Nashua, N. H. ; 
d. Aug. 30, 1845. They had: 1. Georgi- 
ana, b. Dec. 1840. 2. Louisa F., b. Aug. 
19, 1845; m. Nov. 27, 1865, John Hall. 

2738. iii. Hannah Knight, 7 b. Mar. 17, 1818; m. Mil- 

ton Hills, of Hancock, N. H., Oct. 23, 1838 ; 
rem. to Bunker Hill, 111., 1859; thence to 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART XII. 229 

Council Grove, Kansas, 1865. Children: 
1. Lorenzo M., b. Jan. 2, 1840; m. Anna 
Sheparcl. In the war of the Rebellion, Co. 
F, 9th Ms., and afterwards in 59th 111. In 
the battles of Wilson's Creek and Pea Ridge ; 
also in all the engagements under Gen. Grant 
down the Miss, river, from island No. 10 to 
Vicksburg. Farmer in Council Grove, Kan- 
sas. 2. Elizabeth, b. June 10, 1842 ; m. 
Aug. 15, 1861, Reuben Bates, who was 
killed in the war of the Rebellion ; m. 2d, 
Aylmer Keith, a druggist in Leavenworth, 
Kansas. 

2739. iv. Joanna Crumbie, 7 b. Jan. 24, 1820 ; m. Sept. 

27, 1847, J. H. Muzzey, a mechanic in 
Antrim, N. H. ; rem. to Bunker Hill, 111., 
1854 ; d. May 6, 1864. He d. Jan. 19, 
1858. They had: 1. Caroline J., b. Sept. 
21, 1847. 2. Mary E., b. Oct. 23, 1850. 
3. Eva Jane, b. Oct. 26, 1853. 4. John, 
b. Apr. 2, 1857 ; d. Feb. 16, 1858. 

2740. v. Rachel Bodwell, 7 b. Sept. 23, 1822; m. Sam- 

uel Fletcher (2729). 

2741. vi. Samuel Anson 7 +. 

2742. vii. Sarah Eveline, 7 b. Dec. 27, 1827 ; m. May 20, 

1847, John R. Gregg, a farmer of Peter- 

• boro', N. H. Children: 1. Anna Jane, b. 

Mar. 23, 1848. 2. Sarah Eveline, b. Apr. 

24, 1852. 3. Harriet L., b. Nov. 21, 1860. 

2743. viii. Francis, 7 b. May 3, 1830; d. Apr. 4, 1831. 

2744. ix. Martha Jane, 7 b. May 15, 1832; m. John 

Johnson, a mechanic, who d. Jan. 29, 1857 ; 
rem. to Bunker Hill, 111., and m. 2d, 1864, 
Henry Wise, of Summerfield, 111. ; d. Aug. 
18, 1867. Children, both by 1st marriage : 
1. Nellie, b. Mar. 26, 1855. 2. Henry Her- 
bert. 



SEVENTH GENERATION. 

PHINEAS 7 (2681). Issue: 

2745. i. Josiah. 8 2747. iii. Susan. 8 

2746. ii. Phineas. 8 



230 FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PART XII. 

JOHN 7 (2687) joined the Shakers in Canterbury, N. H., 
with four brothers and two sisters ; but, after a time, John 
and his brother Joshua becoming disaffected, left, and pur- 
chased farms in Loudon, N. H., where they d. John m. 
Betsey Morrill. Issue : 

2748. i. Bathsheba, 8 res. Loudon, N. H. ; unm. 

£749. ii. John 8 +. 

2750. iii. Micaijah 8 +. 

2751. iv. Sarah, 8 res. Colebrook, N. H. 

2752. v. William. 8 

2753. vi. Mary, 8 res. Loudon, N. H. 

2754. vii. Hannah. 8 

2755. viii. Leavitt C. 8 + 

2756. ix. Elijah. 8 

2757. x. Joanna. 8 

2758. xi. Nancy, 8 m. John Derby. 

2759. xii. Josiah, 8 m. Eunice Prescott ; res. Loudon. 

2760. xiii. Caroline, 8 m. Newell Loverin; res. Loudon. 
2760. xiv. Samuel. 8 

AARON 7 (2692) , lived in Groton, N. H. Issue : 
2761. i. Ransom 8 +. 2762. ii. Ziba. 8 



THOMAS 7 (2694), b. in New Ipswich, N. H., Feb. 3, 
1789; m. Sept. 29, 1811, Elizabeth Pratt. Commencing 
life as a business man, he suffered a loss by fire, which 
induced him to undertake teaching, which he followed until 
1823, when he entered the Presbyterian ministry. As a 
minister of the gospel he had great success. He preached 
at Schaghticoke, North East, and other places in Eastern 
N. Y. At Southwick, Ms., he preached ten years, and d. 
there Dec. 4, 1846, universally beloved and respected. She 
was b. Apr. 17, 1791 ; d. Sept. 2, 1867. Issue : 

2763. i. Eleanor Read, 8 b. in New Ipswich, N. H., Nov. 
19, 1812 ; m. May 30, 1838, John Scoville, 
M. D., who was b. in Cornwall, Ct. Grad. 
Brown Univ. They had : 1. Helen Amelia, 
b. Feb. 25, 1840 ; m. Dec. ,27, 1864, Samuel 
B. F. Knox, M. D., who served as a surgeon 
in the war of the Rebellion. Res. Browns- 
ville, Pa. 2. Hamet Elizabeth, b. Jan. 
1843 ; m. June 24, 1862, Joseph L. Pease. 
Res. Salisbury, Ct. Children : 



FLETCEEB GENEALOGY. — PABT XII. 231 

1. Edwin Scoville Pease, b. May 13, 1864. 2. Charles 
H. E. Pease, b. Jan. 15, 1867. 3. Caroline E. 
Pease, b. Sept. 13, 1869. 

3. Dwight Fletcher, b. and d. 1845. 4. 
Eleanor Louisa, b. Apr. 15, 1847 ; m. May 
13, 1867, William E. Cutting. 5. William 
Fletcher, b. Nov. 16, 1850. 

2764. ii. Eliza Smith, 8 b. in New Ipswich, N. H., Aug. 

12, 1816; m. May 8, 1842, Oliver Wolcott 
Kellogg, M. D., in Southwick, Ms. He was 
a practising physician in Suffield, Ct., from 
1842 to 1867. Res. Ellington, Ct. Chil- 
dren: 1. Mary Eveline, b. Oct. 8, 1843; 
d. June 10, 1852. 2. Thomas Fletcher, b. 
Sept. 10, 1847 ; d. June 16, 1852. 3. Eliza 
Harriet, b. Nov. 19, 1850 ; d. Mar. 13, 1852. 

4. Harriet Maria, b. June 23, 1853 ; d. June 
9, 1858. 5. Oliver Wolcott, b. Apr. 8, 1855. 
6. Eliza Fletcher, b. Apr. 26, 1860. 

2765. iii. William Otis 8 +. 

2766. iv. Harriet Newell, 8 b. June 16, 1828; m. Lewis 

Eufus Norton, June 16, 1858, who was b. in 
Agawam, Ms., Feb. 23, 1821; res. West- 
field, Ms. One child : Frederic Lewis Nor- 
ton, b. Nov. 24, 1865. 

2767. v. Dwight Livingston, 8 b. Nov. 11, 1833 ; d. 

Sept. 1, 1843. 

HUGH B. 7 (2695), b. Mar. 9, 1791; m. Sally Fletcher 
(2364). He left New Ipswich and went West, and all that 
is known of him afterwards is, that among the published 
deaths in California in 1856 was the name of Hugh B. 
Fletcher, ae. 65. His wife became deranged, and d. 1856. 
Children, all b. in Hanover, N. H. : 

2767-1. i. Josiah, 8 rem. to Illinois; m. 

2767-2. ii. Gilmau, 8 res. New Ipswich, N. H. ; unm. 

2767-3. iii. James, 8 res. New Ipswich ; unm. 



NATHAN 7 (2706), m. Harriet Young; d. soon after his 
arriage. Farmer. Issue : 
2768. Antoinette. 8 



232 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART XII. 

FRANCIS 8 (2709), m. 2d, Mary Fletcher (2704). Far- 
mer in Natick, Ms. Children : 

2769. i. Eliza Ann. 8 2770. iii. Oscar F. 8 

2770. ii. Lucy. 8 

WILLIAM 8 (2710) , m. Mahala Whitconib. Issue : 



2771. 


i. 


Nathan H. 8 


2776. 


vi. 


Amanda M. 8 


2772. 


ii. 


Ruth A. 8 


2777. 


vii. 


Charles. 8 


2773. 


iii. 


Lydia T. 8 


2778. 


viii. 


Mary R. 8 


2774. 


iv. 


Ephraim D. 8 


2779. 


ix. 


Ellen M.s 


2775. 


v. 


William F. 8 


2780. 


X. 


Harris R. 8 



FRANCIS P. 7 (2719), b. June 13, 1808; m. 1831, Pa- 
melia Frost, who d. June 25, 1834; m. 2d, Joanna Thomp- 
son Aug. 23, 1835. Issue by first marriage : 

2781. i. Francis. 8 

Issue by second marriage : 

2782. ii. Harriet P. 8 b. Apr. 16, 1837 ; m. 1855 ; d. 
1857, leaving no children. 

2783. iii. George S. 8 b. Oct. 22, 1838. When the first 

call was made for volunteers in the war of 
the Rebellion, he was prompt to enlist. He 
was in ten battles. From wounds at the 
battles of Five Oaks, and again at Freder- 
icksburg, he never fully recovered, though 
he lived to see the triumph of his country 
over the slaveholders' rebellion. He d. a 
martyr, in Nashua, N. H., Nov. 21, 1867; 
unm. 

2784. iv. Phineas D. 8 b. Sept. 28, 1841 ; m. Apr. 2, 

1864. In the war of the Rebellion he en- 
listed in the 7th reg. Ms. vols., for three 
years. He endured great hardships, and 
was in many battles, but returned home in 
safety. 

2785. v. Eliza A. 8 b. Feb. 25, 1846. 

SAMUEL 7 (2721), b. 1802 ; m. Hannah Bicknell. Set- 
tled in Belmont, Me., 1829 ; farmer. Issue : 

2786. i. Augustus A. 8 + 

2787. ii. Alonzo E. 8 + 

2788. iii. Sarah E. 8 b. 1836; m. Alonzo Wilson; d. 

1859. They had : Frank J., b. 1858. 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY, — PART XII. 233 

♦ 

2789. iv. Helen A. 8 b. 1841 ; m. S. Y. Jordan, of Bel- 

mont, Me. They had: 1. Harriet M. 2. 
Charles. 

2790. v. Harriet, 8 b. 1843 ; d. 1863 ; mm, 

2791. vi. Francis 8 +. 

2792. vii. Armaldo, 8 b. 1847. Farmer. 

EPHEAIM 7 (2722), b. 1812; m. Julia Philbrook. 
Farmer in Lincolnville, Me. Issue : 

2793. i. Edward, 8 m. Ellen Lancaster. 

2794. ii. John M. 8 

2795. iii. Sarah J. 8 b. 1851. 

2796. iv. Abbie Ellen, 8 b. 1853. 

2797. v. Harriet E.« b. 1857. 

SAMUEL 7 (2729), b. in Washington, N. H., Feb. 1, 
1812; m. Rebecca, dau. of Rev. Nathan Ames. She d. 
1852. He m. 2d, Rachel B. Fletcher (2740), his cousin. 
Farmer in Washington. Children : 

2798. i. Edwin S. 8 m. Elizabeth A. Stewart, of West- 

minister, Ms., 1864. Merchant in Manches- 
ter, N. H. 

2799. ii. Nathan Ames 8 +. 

2800. iii. George Howard, 8 b. Mar. 6, 1844; m. July 

8, 1866, Luthera Barney, of Washington, 
N. H. In the war of the Rebellion, Co. H, 
10th Reg. N. H. vols. He was in most of 
the battles of the reg., and served till the 
close of the war. 

2801. iv. Margaret R. 8 b. Oct. 14, 1848; m. Apr. 20, 

1866, George Mellen, of Washington, N.H., 
where they res. In the war of the Rebellion 
he enlisted with his brother-in-law (2800), 
and fought with him, side by side, till the 
end of the war. 

2802. v. Ida Florence, 8 b. June 26, 1859, 

2803. vi. Nellie Elmore, 8 b. May 25, 1864; d, Dec. 9, 

1865. 

FRANCIS P. 7 (2732), b. in East Washington, N. H., 
Aug. 25, 1820. He lived with his father, working upon the 
farm, and obtaining such education as the district school 
afforded, and then teaching school until the age of twenty- 
mo 



234 FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — PART XII. 



* 



five, when he m. Pauline C. Ingalls. He enlisted in the war 
of the Kebellion, Aug. 11, 1862, Co. H, 10th Eeg. N. H. 
vols., and was in the battle before Fredericksburg. Ees. on 
the homestead of his father. Children : 

2804. i. MandanaP. 8 b. 1849; m. 1865, Alvin Kitter. 

2805. ii. Francis G. 8 b. 1854. 

2806. iii. Charles W. 8 b. 1856. 

2807. iv. Herman P. 8 b. 1858. 

SAMUEL A. 7 (2741), b. Sept. 27, 1824; m. Harriet M. 
Crane Apr. 29, 1851; removed to Bunker Hill, 111., 1857. 
Cattle broker. Issue : 

2808. i. James Anson, 8 b. Feb. 27, 1852. 

2809. ii. William Francis, 8 b. June 7, 1860. 

2810. iii. Frances May, 8 b. Dec. 2, 1868. 



EIGHTH GENERATION. 

JOHN 8 (2749), m. Nancy Sinclair, and settled in the 
town of Canterbury, N. H., on a farm about a mile from 
where he was b. Issue : 

2811. i. Lavina Ann, 9 m. Edmund D. Hill, a black- 

smith. ^ 

2812. ii. William Morrill 9 +. 

2813. iii. John Morris, 9 m. Lucy A. Adams, of Pem- 

broke, N. H. Dentist in Bradford, N.H. 
They have one dau. 

£814, iv. Charles Horace, 9 m. Peverly. Stone* 

cutter in E. Concord, N. H. They have 
four children. 



MACAIJAH 8 (2750), settled in Coos Co., N.H. Issue 

2815. i. John. 9 2819. v. Betsey Ann. 9 

2816. ii. Albert, 9 2820. vi. Eliza Jane. 9 

2817. iii. Hubbard. 9 2821. vii. Frederic. 9 

2818. iv. Isaiah. 9 



I EAVITT C. 8 (2755), res. Colebrook, N.H. Issue : 

2822. i. Alden Leonard. 9 2825. iv. Brainerd. 9 

2823. ii. Elijah Morrill, 9 2826. v. NewelL 9 
£824. iii. Daniel. 9 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART XII. 235 



KANSOM 8 (2761), had: 
2827. Charles Baxter. 9 



WILLIAM O. 8 (2765), b. in Kinderbook, N. Y., July 
28, 1818 ; m. Mav 4, 1841, Persia Ann Clark, who was b. 
in Windsor, Ct.," 1814, and d. Feb. 21, 1854. He is a 
banker and merchant in Westfield, Ms. Children : 

2828. i. Ellen Maria, 9 b. May 20, 1842; m. Frank 

Merriman Sept. 9, 1861, who was b. July 
27, 1836; res. Boston, Ms. 

2829. ii. William Thomas, 9 d. young. 

2830. iii. Harriet Frances, 9 b. Sept. 5, 1846. 



AUGUSTUS A. 8 (2786), grad. Waterville Coll.; m. 
Helen Kn owl ton, of Northport, Me. They have : 
2831. Elizabeth. 9 



ALONZO E. 8 (2787), m. Malvina Knowlton. School- 
teacher in Northport, Me. They have : 

2832. i. Anna. 9 2833. ii. Helen. 9 

FKANCIS 8 (2791), b. 1845. Farmer. Issue : 
2834. i. Edward. 9 2835. ii. Henry. 9 

NATHAN A. 8 (2799), m. Emily Stowers, of Pawtucket, 
E. I., where he res. Merchant. Issue : 

2836. i. Curtis A. 9 2837. ii. N. Howard. 9 



NINTH GENERATION. 

WILLIAM M. 9 (2812), m. Lucina J. Hill, who d. 1869, 
Issue i 

2838. i. JohnT. 10 2841. iv. Albert. 10 

2839. ii. Cora Jane. 10 2842. v. George. 10 

2840. iii. Charles. 10 2843. vi. Eva. 10 



236 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART XII. 

DESCENDANTS OF HEZEKIAH 4 (100). 

FOURTH GENERATION. 

HEZEKIAH 4 (101), b. in Concord, Ms., Dec. 15, 1704; 

m. Hannah . A physician in Rutland, Ms. He lived 

about fifty rods east of the meeting-house in R. , as did also 
his son Alpheus, who succeeded him in his profession. Both 
were town and proprietor's clerks. Hezekiah d. Jan. 22, 
1754. Issue : 

2844. i. Alpheus 5 +. 

2845. ii. Susanna, 5 b. June 17, 1743 ; m. 1775, Thomas 

Staples Mendon. 

2846. iii. Dorothy, 5 b. May 10, 1745 ; 2d wife of 

Samuel Stone; m. Aug. 12, 1761; d. Aug. 
13, 1840. 

2847. iv. Thomas, 5 b. Apr. 6, 1748. 

FIFTH GENERATION. 

ALPHEUS 5 (2844) , b. in Sudbury, Ms., Feb. 2, 1731-2 ; 
m. Aug. 23, 1761, Jane Brooks, of Concord, Ms. Physi- 
cian in Rutland, Ms. ; d. June 12, 1766. Issue : 

2848. i. Elizabeth, 6 b. and d. 1762. 

2849. ii. Elizabeth, 6 b. Nov. 27, 1763. 

2850. iii. Sarah, 6 b. July 26, 1765; m. and lived in 

Washington, D. C. 



DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM 4 (104). 
FOURTH GENERATION. 

WILLIAM 4 (104), b. in Concord, Ms., Dec. 15, 1710; 
m. Dorcas Heald Jan. 28, 1734-5. He had two sons and 
several daus., whose names are not known. He d. July 4, 
1760. Issue, so far as known : 

2851. i. William 5 +. 

2852. ii. Mary, 5 b. Sept. 16, 1750. 

2853. iii. Amos, 5 b. June 22, 1752. 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART XII. 237 



FIFTH GENERATION. 

WILLIAM 5 (2851), m. Sarah Frost, in Concord, Ms., 
Apr. 19, 1764; m. 2d, a widow Kemp. He was one of the 
first settlers of Norridgewock, Me. 

"William Warren, of Ashby, explored this place for the 
purpose of settlement, in 1772. He built a house that year, 
the first built in the town, and removed his family, in com- 
pany with William Fletcher, into this house in the spring of 
1773." — Hist, of Norridgewock. Issue : 

2854. i. Amos 6 +. 2858. v. Sarah.* 

2855. ii. William 6 +. 2859. vi. Asa 6 +. 

2856. iii- Thomas 6 +. 2860. vii. Polly. 6 

2857. iv. Dorcas. 6 2861. viii. Lucy. 6 



SIXTH GENERATION. 

AMOS 6 (2854), in Concord, Ms., Mar. 18, 1765. Went 
with his father to Norridgewock, Me., when very young ; m. 
Elizabeth Baker; d. July, 1812. Issue: 



2862. 


i. Amos 7 +. 2868. 


vii. 


Mary. 7 


2863. 


ii. Elizabeth. 7 2869. 


viii. 


Cyrus 7 +. 


2864. 


iii. Dorcas, 7 d. yng. 2870. 


ix. 


Dorcas. 7 


2865. 


iv. Levi 7 +. 2871. 


X. 


Lucinda. 7 


2866. 


v. Nathan 7 +. 2872. 


xi. 


Dorinda. 7 


2867. 


vi. Sarah. 7 






WILLIAM 6 (2855). Had issue: 






2873. 


i. George. 7 2875. 


iii. 


William. 7 


2874. 


ii. Dorcas. 7 2876. 


iv. 


Betsey. 7 


THOMAS 6 (2856) . Had Issue : 






2877. 


i. William. 7 2879. 


iii. 


Lydia. 7 


2878. 


ii. Sally. 7 






ASA 6 


(2859). Had issue: 






2880. 


i. Parrop. 7 2885. 


vi. 


Sarah. 7 


2881. 


ii. Thomas. 7 2886. 


vii. 


Ezra. 7 


2882. 


iii. Lucy. 7 2887. 


viii. 


Amos. 7 


2883. 


,iv. Azabah. 7 2888. 


ix. 


Lydia. 7 


2884. 


v. Asa. 7 2889. 


X. 


William. 7 



238 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — PART XII. 



SEVENTH GENERATION. 



AMOS 7 (2862), b. Oct. 22, 1789, at Carritunk, now 
mcord, Me. ; d. in Norridgewock, Feb. 1830. Issue : 

2890. i. Sybil W. 8 2894. v. Abel W. 8 

2891. ii. Caroline. 8 2895. vi. Amos. 8 

2892. iii. Mary. 8 2896. vii. Amos. 8 

2893. iv. John W. 8 + 


LEVI 7 (2865). Had issue: 

2897. i. Hannibal G. 8 2901. v. Dorinda. 8 

2898. ii. Clarissa. 8 2902. vi. Amos. 8 

2899. iii. Ephraim H. 8 2903. vii. Levi G-. 8 

2900. iv. Emily F. 8 2904. viii. Elizabeth. 8 



NATHAN 7 (2866) . Had issue : 

2905. i. Elizabeth F. 8 2908. iv. Levi. 8 

2906. ii. Sarah. 8 2909. v. Dorinda. 8 

2907. iii. Nathan. 8 2910. vi. Abby. 8 

CYRUS 7 (2896) . Had issue : 

2911. i. Sarah S. 8 2913. iii. Helen. 8 

2912. ii. Charles. 8 



EIGHTH GENERATION. 

JOHN W. 8 (2893), b. in Norridgewock, Me., Apr. 11, 
1824. In the war of the Rebellion, lieut. in 43d Reg. Ms. 
vols., and afterwards capt. in 36th U. S. colored troops. 
Mayor of Chelsea, Ms. Engaged in the insurance business 
in Boston. 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — ADDENDA. 239 



ADDENDA 



Part V., Page 55. 

BENJAMIN 6 (692), b. May 8, 1847 ; m. Eebecca Boyn- 
ton ; res. Westford, Ms. After his death, she m. 2d, Jonas 
Wright, in Westford, Sept. 17, 1788. Issue : 

2914. i Benjamin 7 +• 

2915. ii. Rebecca, 7 b. Feb. 14, 1778. 

2916. iii. Sewall, 7 b. Apr. 17, 1780. Settled in Cort- 

land Co., N.Y. 

BENJAMIN 7 (2914) , b. in Westford, Ms., June 20, 1775 ; 
m. Mehitable Robinson Aug. 27, 1797 ; m. 2d, Mary Cope- 
land, June 2, 1800, who was b. June 13, 1784, and d. July 
5, 1864. He rem. to Lansingville, N. Y., before 1820, and 
d. there July 12, 1855. He pursued farming and manufac- 
turing. Benjamin and Mehitable had : 

2917. i. Roxana, 8 m. in Westford, Ms., Jabez Park 

Nov. 9, 1812. 
Benjamin and Mary had : 

2918. ii. Benjamin, 8 b. Feb. 2, 1801 ; d. Apr. 12, 1869 ; 

unm. 

2919. iii. Abram 8 +. 

2920. iv. -Caroline, 8 b. June 25, 1804; m. 1834, Rev. 
* Benjamin Phillips, of Cortland, N. Y. ; d. 

1848, leaving one son, Romazo, who d. in 
the army in the war of the Rebellion. 

2921. v. Eliza, 8 b. Oct. 22, 1806; m. 1835, James 

Hammon, and they occupy the old home- 
stead of her father. 

2922. vi. Abel 8 +. 

2923. vii. Sarah Ann, 8 b. Sept. 17, 1811 ; m. 1837, Mor- 

row B. Lowry, of Erie, Pa. ; d. 1845, leav- 
ing one dau., who m. Major Lyon, of Erie. 

2924. viii. Allen 8 +. 

2925. ix. Mary Jane, 8 b. Aug. 19, 1819 ; m. 1838, Sam- 

uel Lowry, of Erie, Pa,, a bro. of M. B. 
Lowry (2923). 



240 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — ADDENDA. 

2926. x. Merritt, 8 b. Mar. 22, 1822 ; m. 1847, Sarah 

Ann Devall; d. 1852. Merchant. 

ABRAM 8 (2919), b. Aug. 24, 1802; m. 1830, Phebe 
Sisson, of New Bedford, Ms. ; d. 1866. Issue : 

2927. i. Maria R. 9 m. George H. Rogers, a lumber 

merchant of Louisville, Ky., Sept. 1867. 

2928. ii. Caroline M. 9 d. 1869. 

ABEL 8 (2922), b. Sept. 22, 1808; m. June 30, 1843, 
Mary Todd, of Lansing, N. Y. ; res. Lansingville, N. Y. 
They have one son : 

2929. Dana W. 9 b. 1847. 

ALLEN 8 (2924), b. Aug. 26, 1813; m. Laura Strong, 
1845. They have: 

2930. Harriet A. 9 



Part V., Page 61 (686). 

EBENEZER BANCROFT, b. Oct. 19, 1778; m. 
Hannah Towne, who was b. Aug. 28, 1776, and d. Oct. 13, 
1870. Issue : ' 

i. Hannah Bancroft, b. Jan. 1, 1806 ; d. Mar. 20, 1830; 

unm, 
ii. Ebenezer Bancroft, b. Dec. 21, 1807. Had issue : 
1. Hannah J. Bancroft, b. June 4, 1837, who m. 
Erasmus Holmes, and they had Persis J. Holmes, 
Sarah G. Holmes, Ellen L. Holmes. 2. Susanna]^ 
E. Bancroft, b. Mar. 19, 1839; d. Feb. 27, 1860; 
unm. 3. Lydinna Bancroft, b. Aug. 13, 1840 ; m. 
Charles L. Drake, and had Charles E. Drake, 4. 
Sarah E. Bancroft, b. Oct. 13, 1846 ; m. R. Brown. 
5. Ebenezer Bancroft, b. Oct. 13, 1846. 
iii. Susannah Bancroft, b. Oct. 9, 1810; m. Gardner 
Towne. Had : 1. Lydia E. Towne, who m. Chas. 
D. Moore. 2. Hannah E. 3. Ebenezer B. 
iv. Lydia T. Bancroft, b. July 31, 1814; m. Charles C. 
Perham ; d. Mar. 1, 1869. Issue : Lydia Perham, 
b, Jan. 1, 1840, who m. H. H. Halliday, of Troy, 
N. Y. George O, Perham, b, Sept. 1, 1841; m. 



FLETGHEB GENEALOGY. — ADDENDA. 241 

J. E. Bennet. Susan J. B. Perham, m. Samuel 

A. Richardson, of California. Hannah E. Perham, 

m. Thomas Harper. 
v. George Bancroft, b. Nov. 15, 1817 ; grad. Dart. Coll. 

1839 ; m. Sarah G. Farley. Lawyer in Boston, 
vi. Joseph G. Bancroft, b. Nov. 11, 1821; d. Oct. 27, 

1849; unm. 

Part V., Page 61. 

OLIVER RICHARD SOJST, b. Mar. 17, 1759; m. 
Chloe Bancroft, who was b. Nov. 8, 1768, and d. Jan. 17, 
1809. Issue : 

i. Susan Richardson, b. Jan. 5, 1792 ; m. Abel Fletcher 

(2066). 
ii. Charles Richardson, 9 b. July 18, 1793 ; unm. 
iii. Frank Richardson, b. Mar. 6, 1795 ; m. May 27, 
1823, Mary Blodgett, who was b. July 9, 1800, 
and d. Apr. 23, 1858 ; res. Chelmsford, Ms. They 
had : 1. Mary Jane Richardson, b. Aug. 21, 1825 ; 
d. Apr. 8, 1836. 2. Edward F. Richardson, b. 
Dec. 4, 1831 ; m. July 17, 1859, Hannah M. Roby. 
3. James O. Richardson, b. July 4, 1834 ; m. Eliza 
Cummings ; res. Maiden, Ms. They have Emma, 
Frank, Minnie, 
iv. Ebenezer Richardson, b. Mar. 1, 1799 ; m. Almira 
Read, who was b. Oct. 19, 1811, and they had : 1. 
Oliver Richardson, b. Jan. 17, 1835 ; m. Belle 
Barry, who was b. 1841. 2. Edwin R. Richardson, 
b. Nov. 27, 1838 ; res. Pepperell, Ms. 
, v. Lucy Richardson, b. Jan. 27, 1801 ; m. Jacob Chase, 
vi. Robert Richardson, b. Jan. 22, 1804. Children: 1. 
Ann P. Richardson. 2. George R. Richardson, 
'vii. Chloe, b. Nov. 14, 1806; m. Dr. Roise, of Buffalo, 
N.Y. 

Part V., Page 67. 

The fourth child of Nathaniel and Hannah Hall was Eliza, 
b. Oct. 2, 1805, who still resides at the paternal home in 
Granville, N. Y. The eighth child, b. next after David B., 
was Mary, who d. unm. 

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242 FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — ADDENDA. 



Part V., Page 70 (688). 

JOSEPH FLETCHER EASTMAN, b. Jan. 15, 
1772; m. Dec. 15, 1797, Abigail, dau. of Gen. Jonathan 
and Eebecca Blanchard, of Dunstable, N. H. (now Nashua). 
She was b. Nov. 20, 1770; d. Oct. 7, 1848. He was a 
physician, but gave up practice and devoted himself to farm- 
ing. Issue : 

i. Sarah Eastman, b. Sept. 7, 1799 ; m. Feb. 26, 1818, 
Jeremiah Dow, of Hollis, N. H. They had one 
Sarah A. Dow, m. June 18, 1844, John C. Bell, 
and their children were Charles Dow Bell, b. June 
2, 1845, m. Mar. 16, 1865, Anna Parker, and had 
Charles Jerry, b. Sept. 1, 1866, and George Frederic, 
b. Aug. 28, 1868 ; Frank Bell, b. Sept. 8, 1847. 
ii. Sophia Eastman, b. Sept. 1801 ; d. Feb. 5, 1870 : 

unm. 
iii. Charles Henry Eastman, b. Feb. 22, 1803; d. 1857. 
iv. Abigail Blanchard Eastman, b. July 8, 1805. 
v. Jonathan Alfred Eastman, b. Mar. 21, 1807. 
vi. Joseph Fletcher Eastman, b. May 7, 1809. 
vii. Augusta Eastman, b. Mar. 4, 1814; d. Mar. 28, 
1860 : unm. 



Part V., Page 101 (1044). 

LYMAN R. COB URN, b. Sept. 1828; m. Nov. 30, 
1851, Lucinda T. Fletcher, and they have : 1. Frank W., b. 
June 5, 1853. 2. Frederic L., b. May 11, 1857. 3. Nellie 
L.,b. Dec. 26, 1861. 



Part X., Page 186. 

JOHN 7 (2089), res. Boxboro', Ms. Issue : 
2931. i. Josephine. 8 

2932.. ii. John Henry, 8 in the war of the Rebellion, 
killed in the battle of Fisher's Hill. 

2933. iii. Augustine. 8 

2934. iv. Elwin. 8 



FLETOHEB GENEALOGY.— UNCONNECTED. 243 



UNCONNECTED. 



3. 


ii. 


4. 


iii. 


5. 


iv. 


6. 


v. 


7. 


vi. 



The following, except the family of Brian, who was prob- 
ably a grandson of Seth (page 6), are believed to belong 
among the descendants of Robert, but cannot at present be 
joined on with certainty. 

1. WILLIAM, lived on the " New Hampshire Grants." 
Had children : 

2. i. Elisha or Elijah, was living in Vt. in 1812, very old. 
John, b. Mar. 31, 1742 ; lived in Newburyport + . 
James, lived in Sempronia, N. H. 

Elizabeth, m. Rich. 

Dan. m. Pratt. 

Nathan, m. a daughter of Rev. Ebenezer Cleve- 

land. Sea captain ; sailed from Sandy Bay, now 
Gloucester ; rem. to Boston, and was there at 
the burning of Charlestown. He was drowned, 
ae. 28 +. 

Children of the above John : 
Lucy, Polly, Sally, Nathan, John, Robert, Henry, 
Edward. 

Nathan, above, number 7, had one son, Jabez B., who was 
a man of considerable note ; a sea captain ; lived in New- 
bury port, Ms. ; owned mills at Lisbon Falls, Me. ; rem. 

about 1804 to Bath, Me. His dau. Maria R. m. Patten, 

of Kingston, N. H. 



THOMAS settled in Salisbury, Md. ; m. Bell. A 

very worthy man ; member of Meth. church ; d. 1792. Had 
only one son, Clement Bell. 

Clement Bell, last named, was b. 1791 in Salisbury, Md., 
and m. there Margaret S. Byrd; rem. 1818, to Missouri, 
and still res. there. Children : 



244 FLETCHEB GENEALOGY.— UNCONNECTED. 

1. Perry V., killed in the war of the Kebellion, July 3, 

1861. 

2. Thomas C, b. Jan. 22, 1829; m. Clara Honey. In 

the war of the Rebellion, col. 31st Mo. infantry. 
In the assault at Chickasaw Bayou, near Vicksburg, 
Dec. 29, 1862, he was wounded and taken prisoner ; 
exchanged May 6, 1863 ; in the siege of Vicksburg ; 
with Hooker at Lookout Mountain, Nov. 27, 1863 ; 
in 1864 resigned, and organized the 47th Mo. inf., 
of which he was colonel, and which he commanded 
at Pilot Knob and Leesburg battles. A noble and 
earnest champion of freedom, he had the honor of 
being the first governor of free Missouri. Children : 
Edwin L., Frances Ella. 

3. John W., res. in De Soto, Mo. 

4. Charles C, res. in Hillsboro', Mo. 

5. Margaret, m. Gen. Madison Miller. 

6. Ann, m. S. P. Moore. 

7. Cecilia, m. Col. L. J. Rankin. 

8. Clementine. 



BRIAN, a grandson of Pendleton (p. 6), b. 1722; went 
from Saco and settled on the Kennebec River ; m. Anna 
Young, who m. 2d, Dea. Samuel Long, and d. Aug. 29, 
1819, ae. 90. He d. Apr. 11, 1791. Children: 2. Brian; 
3. Robert; 4. Anna; 5. David; 6. Mary; 7. Eunice; 8. 
Hannah; 9. Joseph; 10. Thomas. 

Brian, number 2 above, m. Amy Pettengill ; d. June 24, 
1829, ae. 77. She d. Jan. 6, 1835, ae. 77. They had : 
i. Anna, b. Dec. 22, 1781. 
ii. Amy, b. Nov. 9, 1783. 
iii. Elizabeth, b. June 4, 1786. 
iv. Foxwell, b. Aug. 1, 1788. 
v. Sarah, b. Apr. 24, 1790. 

vi. Joseph, b. Mar. 22, 1792 ; res. Nebraska. Had a 
son, Brian, who d. in the army in the war of the 
Rebellion. 
vii. Abigail, b. Oct. 19, 1794. 
viii. Jerusha, b. Feb. 15, 1796. 
ix. Eunice, b. Apr. 17, 1799. 



FLETCHEB GENEALOGY.— UNCONNECTED. 245 

x. Bryan Pendleton, b. Mar. 25, 1801. 
xi. Omar, b. Aug. 10, 1803 ; res. in Missouri. His son, 
Grenville T., is principal of Normal school, Cas- 
tine, Me., and another son, Omar, res. in Chilli- 
cothe, Mo. 

Robert, No. 3 above, m. Mary Church, and they. had: 
Nancy, Mary, Susan, Zeruah. 

Anna, No. 4 above, m. Stackpole, and had : Elias, 

Nahum, Robert, Joseph, Brian, Anna, Sarah, Hannah. 

David, No. 5, m. Esther Deniston. Children: David, 
Robert, Esther, Margaret. 

Mary, No. 6, m. Savage. Had : Daniel, Robert, 

Elizabeth, Anna. 

Eunice, No. 7, m. Hall. Had: Benjamin, Ziba, 

Abner, Bial, Joseph, Brian, Eunice, Mary. 

Hannah, No. 8, m. Whitten. Had : Samuel, John, 

Deborah. 



246 



FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — BOLL OF HONOB. 



EOLL OF HONOB. 



SOLDIEBS IN THE INDIAN AND FBENCH WABS 
PREVIOUS TO THE REVOLUTION. 



Paul Fletcher 4 (28), 1724. 
Ephraim Fletcher 5 (113), 1756. 



Zechariah Fletcher 5 (114), 1756. 
Daniel Fletcher 5 (2267), 1758. 



MABTYBS OF THE BEVOLUTION. 
Paul Fletcher 6 (719). Henry Fletcher 6 (1203). 

HEBOES OF THE BEVOLUTION 



Elnathan Eeed (120). 
Joshua Fletcher 5 (478). 
Jonathan Fletcher 6 (484). 
Ebenezer Bancroft (686). 
Josiah Fletcher 6 (697). 
Joshua Fletcher 6 (718). 
Benjamin Fletcher 6 (1187). 
Josiah Fletcher 6 (1190). 
Josiah Fletcher 6 (1202). 
Cherubiah Fletcher 6 (1204). 
Zaccheus Fletcher 6 (1413). 



Jonathan Fletcher 6 (1414). 
Henry Fletcher 6 (1651). 
Samuel Fletcher 6 (1780). 
James Fletcher 6 (1781). 
Joel Fletcher 5 (1884). 
Eleazer Fletcher 6 (2025). 
James Fletcher 6 (2305). 
John Fletcher 6 (2306). 
Ebenezer Fletcher 6 (2318). 
Francis Fletcher 6 (2654). 



Six of the above were in the battle of Bunker Hill. 



Jonas Fletcher 8 (371). 
Jonathan Eastman (688). 
Gardner Fletcher 7 (1221) 



HEBOES OF THE WAB OF 1812. 

Oliver Fletcher 7 (1458). 
Stillman Fletcher 7 (1922). 
Thomas Templeton 7 (2670). 



MABTYBS IN THE WAB OF THE BEBELLION. 

William Henry 9 (245). 
Bailey N. Fletcher 9 (435). 
Francis W. Fletcher 8 (606). 



Daniel F. Webster (764). 
Raymond J. Fletcher 8 (1017). 



Leonard G. Fletcher 9 (1046). 
George W. Fletcher 8 (1281). 
Edward Chapin (1819). 
James B. Fletcher 8 (1854). 
George Fargo Fletcher 8 (1856). 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — HOLE OF HONOB. 247 



Fletcher Clay (1940). 
Francis P. Howard (2059). 
Albert W. Fletcher 7 (2127). 
Charles H. Fletcher 8 (2192). 
John Henry Fletcher 9 (2213). 
Edward Rankin (2350). 
William L. Davis (2355). 

The above are twenty-three of the precious lives which were given to 
save the country from the ruin threatened by the slaveholders' Rebellion. 



John F. Fletcher 8 (2468). 
Joseph W. Fletcher (2473). 
Reuben Bates (2738). 
George S. Fletcher 8 (2783). 
Ramazo Philips (2920). 
John Henry Fletcher 8 (2932). 



HEROES IN THE WAB OF THE REBELLION. 



Richard Fletcher 9 (273). 
Ephraim S. Fletcher 9 (276). 
Alvan Fletcher Clark (560). 
Alvan Pierce (564). 
George A. Fletcher 8 (594). 
Henry J. Fletcher 8 (603). 
Leonard Fletcher 8 (604). 
Frank A. Fletcher 8 (618). 
Edward L. Fletcher 8 (636). 
Edward S. Fletcher 9 (669). 
John Smith Adams (p. 65). 
Louis H. de Loss Crane (p. 66). 
James Eeles Crane (p. 66). 
Arthur W. Fletcher 8 (880). 
Samuel M. Fletcher 8 (874). 
Ingram Fletcher 8 (919). 
William B. Fletcher 8 (921). 
Stephen K. Fletcher 8 (922). 
Henry N. Fletcher 8 (1016). 
Addison G. Parlin (1037). 
Abner W. Fletcher 8 (1280). 
Benjamin F. Fletcher 8 (1282). 
Augustine G. Fletcher 8 (1283). 
Asa Fletcher 8 (1387). 
Edward Keyes (1494). 
Joseph W. Fletcher 6 (1515). 
Reuben Henry Fletcher 9 (1759). 
Samuel Chapin (1816). 



Joel W. Fletcher 7 (1827). 
A. H. Tew (1840). 
Samuel Judson Fletcher 8 (1850). 
George W. Davison (1855). 
Cecil Clay (1940). 
Grosvenor Waters (1950). 
Henry A. Fletcher 7 (1961). 
John W. 8 (1980). 
Edward Jesse Minot (2063). 
Andrew J. Fletcher 8 (2149). 
Samuel Wm. Fletcher 8 (2191). 
Andrew M. Fletcher 8 (2198). 
Mayberry Richards (2352). 
Frederic 0. Davis (2355). 
Leroy S. Davis (2355). 
John Fletcher 7 (2356). 
Gideon Fletcher 8 (2440). 
George W. Young (2465). 
Charles L. Fletcher 8 (2470). 
William H. Fletcher 8 (2527). 
Homer C. Fletcher 9 (2601). 
Samuel H. Fletcher 9 (2622). 
James Austin Hill (2736). 
Lorenzo M. Hill (2738). 
Samuel B. F. Knox (2763). 
Phineas D. Fletcher 8 (2784). 
George H. Fletcher 8 (2800). 
George Mellen (2801). 



There appear in the foregoing, seventy-six who turned out at the call 
of their country to put down the great Rebellion. 



248 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — APPENDIX A. 



APPENDIX A 



[Page 2.] 



The following is the form of the freeman's oath as admin- 
istered in 1634 : 

I, A. B. being by God's providence, an inhabitant & 
ffreeman within the jurisdiccon of this comonweale, doe 
heere sweare, by the greate & dread full name of the ever- 
lyveing God, that I will be true & faithfull to the same & 
will acorclingly yeilde assistance & support thereonto, with 
my person & Estate, as in equity I am bound, and will also 
truely indeavor to mainetaine & preserve all the libertyes & 
previlidges thereof, submitting my selfe to the wholesome 
lawes & orders made & established by the same ; and further 
that I will not plott nor practise any evill against it, nor 
consent to any that shall soe doe, but will timely discover 
and reveal the same to lawfull authority, nowe here estab- 
lished, for the speedy preventing thereof. Moreover I doe 
solemnly bynde myselfe in the sight of God, that when I 
shall be called to give my voice touching any such matter 
of this state, wherein ffreemen are to deal, I will give my 
vote & suffrage, as I shall judge in myne owne conscience 
may best conduce and tend to the publique weale of the 
body without respect of persons, or favour of any man. 
Soe help me God, in the Lord Jesus Christ. 



FLETCHEB GEXEAL OG Y. — APPENDIX B. 249 



APPENDIX B. 



[Page 33] 

The first meeting-house at Wilton, N. II., was built in 
1752. It was an inconsiderable building, used about twenty- 
one years and then demolished. The second meeting house 
which is now standing is a very decent, commodious building. 
At the raising of this meeting-house, Sept. 7, 1773, a dis- 
tressing accident happened. WheJI the frame was nearly 
completed, in consequence of the failure of a supporting 
timber, one of the beams broke and fell, and several men 
being on it at the same time fell with it, three of whom, 
George Lancey, Simeon Fletcher, and Reuben Stiles, were 
instantly killed. [Farmer & Moore's Hist. Coll. of N. II., 
vol. 1, p. 67.] 

The following are the first six of forty stanzas composed 
by Nathaniel Allen, and published on the occasion. 

1 Attention give, and you shall hear 

A melancholy theme, 
Of such an instance as there is 
But very seldom seen. 

2 In seventeen hundred seventy-three, 

September, seventh day, 

At Wilton, did Almighty 'God 

His anger there display. 

3 Of men a great collection met, 

A meeting-house to raise ; 
Therein to speak God's Holy word, 
And for to sing His praise. 

4 God did their labor prosper, in 

The erection of this frame ; 
Until it was almost complete, 
And joy full they became. 

5 They tho't the worst was past and gone, 

And they grew bold and brave; 
Poor souls ! how little did they think 
They were so near their grave. ■ . 

6 All on a sudden broke a beam 

And let down fifty-three ; 
Full twenty-seven feet they fell, — 
A shocking sight to see. 
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250 FLETCHER GENE ALOGY. — APPENDIX C. 



APPENDIX C 



[Page 209.] 

" Narrative of the Captivity and Sufferings of Ebenezer Fletcher, 
of New Ipswich, who was severely wounded and taken prisoner 
at the battle of Hubbardston, Vt., in the year 1777, by the 
British and Indians, at the age of 16 years ; after recovering in 
part, made his escape from the enemy, and travelling through a 
dreary wilderness, foljf wed by wolves, and beset by tories on 
his way, whp threatened to take him back to the enemy, but 
made his escape from them all, and arrived safe home. Written 
by himself, and published at the request of his friends. Fourth 
edition, revised and enlarged. New-Ipswich, N. H. Printed 
by S. Wilder, 1827." 

I, Ebenezer Fletcher, enlisted into the Continental Army, in 
Capt. Carr's Company, in Col. Nathan Hale's Regiment, as a fifer, 
and joined the Army at Ticonderoga, under the command of Gen. 
St. Clair, in the spring of 1777, at which place I was stationed till 
the retreat of the Army on the 6th of July following. 

Early on the morning of the same day, orders came to strike 
our tents and swing our packs. It was generally conjectured that 
we were going to battle ; but orders came immediately to march. 
We marched some distance before light. By sunrise the enemy 
had landed from their boats, and pursued us so closely as to fire 
on our rear. A large body of the enemy followed us all day, but 
kept so far behind as not to be wholly discovered. Their aim was 
to attack us suddenly next morning, as they did. 

Having just recovered from the measles, and not being able to 
march with the main body, I fell in the rear. The morning after 
our retreat, orders came very early for the troops to refresh and be 
ready for marching. Some were eating, some were cooking, and 
all in a very unfit posture for battle. Just as the sun rose, there 
was a cry, " the enemy are upon us." Looking round I saw the 
enemy in line of battle. Orders came to lay down our packs and 
be ready for action. The fire instantly began. We were but few 
in number compared to the enemy. At the commencement of the 
battle, many of our party retreated back into the woods. Capt. 
Carr came up and says, " My lads advance, we shall beat them 
yet." A few of us followed him in view of the enemy. Every 
man was trying to secure himself behind girdled trees, which were 
standing on the place of action. I made shelter for myself and 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — APPENDIX C. 251 

discharged my piece. Having loaded again and taken aim, my 
piece missed fire. I brought the same a second time to my face ; 
but before I had time to discharge it, I received a musket ball in 
the small of my back, and fell with my gun cocked. My uncle, 
Daniel Foster, standing but little distance from me, I made out to 
crawl to him and spoke to him. He and another man lifted me 
and carried me back some distance and laid me down behind a 
large tree, where was another man crying out most bitterly with a 
grievous wound. By this time I had bled so freely, I was very 
weak and faint. I observed the enemy were like to gain the 
ground. Our men began to retreat and the enemy to advance. 
Having no friend to afford me any relief, every one taking care of* 
himself, all things looked very shocking to me ; to remain where I 
was and fall into the hands of the enemy, especially in the condi- 
tion I was in, expecting to receive no mercy, it came into my mind 
to conceal myself from them if possible. I made use of my hands 
and knees, as well as I could, and crawled about two rods among 
some small brush, and got under a log. Here I lay concealed from 
the enemy, who came instantty to the place I lay wounded at. 
What became of my distressed partner I know not. The enemy 
pursued our men in great haste. Some of them came over the log 
where I lay. Some came so near I could almost touch them. I 
was not discovered by the enemy till the battle was over. When 
they were picking up the dead and wounded among the brush and 
logs, I heard them coming towards me, and began to be much ter- 
rified, lest I should be found. I nattered myself that our men 
would come back after the battle was over and take me off ; but to 
m} T great surprise, two of the enemy came so nigh, I heard one of 
them say, " Here is one of the rebels." I lay flat on my face 
across my hands, rolled in my blood. I dared not stir, being afraid 
they meant me, by saying, " here is one of the rebels." They 
soon came to me, and pulled off my shoes, supposing me to be 
dead I looked up and spoke, telling them I was their prisoner, 
and begged to be used well. " Damn 3 r ou," says one, " } t ou de- 
serve to be used well, don't you ? What's such a .young rebel as 
you fighting for ? " One of these men was an officer, who appeared 
to be a pretty sort of a man He spoke to the soldier, who had 
taken my shoes, and sa} T s, " Give back the shoes and help the man 
into camp." My shoes were given back by the soldier according 
to order. The soldier then raised me upon my feet, and conducted 
me to the British camp. Here I found a number of my brother 
soldiers in the same situation as nryself. I was laid on the ground 
and remained in this posture till the afternoon, before my wound 
was dressed. Two Doctors came to m} T assistance. They raised 
me up, and examined my back. One of them said, " My lad, you 
stood a narrow chance ; had the ball gone in or out half its big- 
ness, you must have been killed instantly." I asked him if he 
thought there was any prospect of my getting well again. He 



252 FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — APPENDIX C. 

answered, " There is some prospect " I concluded by his reply, 
he considered my case hazardous. The Doctors appeared to be 
very kind and faithful. They pulled several pieces of my clothes 
from my wound, which were forced in by the ball I received. 

Some of the enemy were very kind, while others were very spiteful 
and malicious. One of them came and took my silver shoe-buckles 
and left me an old pair of brass ones, and said exchange was no 
robbery ; but I thought it robbery at a high rate. Another came 
and took off my neck handkerchief. An old negro came and took 
my fife, which I considered as the greatest insult I had received 
while with the enemy. The Indians often came and abused me 
with their language, — calling us Yankees and rebels, — but they 
were not allowed to injure us. I was stripped of everything valu- 
able about me. 

The enemy soon marched back to Ticonderoga, and left only a 
few to take care of the wounded- I was treated as well as I could 
expect. Doctor Haze was the head doctor, and he took true care 
that the prisoners were well treated. Doctor Blocksom, an under 
surgeon, appeared to be very kind indeed ; he was the one who had 
the care of me. He never gave me any insulting or abusive lan- 
guage : he sometimes would say, "Well, my lad, think you'll be 
willing to list in the King's service if you should get well?" My 
answer was always no. The officers would flatter me to list in 
their service ; telling me they were very sure to conquer the coun- 
try, since they had got our strongest post. I told them I should 
not list. 

But among all the troubles I met with, I received particular 
favors from two of the British. This conduct appeared to me very 
remarkable ; why or wherefore it should be, I knew not ; but He 
who hath the hearts of all men in his hands, gave me favor in their 
sight. They would often visit me, and asked me if I wanted any- 
thing to eat or drink. If I did, I had it. The first time one of 
these friends came to me was soon after I was brought to the 
camp. 

As I lay on the ground, he asked me if I did not want a bed to 
lie on : I told him I did. He went and got a large hemlock bark, 
and finding many old coats and overalls, taken from the dead and 
wounded, he put them in the bark, made me a bed, and laid me 
into it. He built a shelter over me with barks, to keep the rain 
from me, Avhich was a great kindness, as it rained exceeding hard 
the next night. He went to a spring, and brought me water as 
often as I wanted, which was very often, being very dry, my loss 
of blood occasioning much thirst. He asked me, also, if I wanted 
to eat. I answered, yes ; for having eat but little that day, I was 
very faint and hungry. He told me he did not know as it was in 
his power to procure anything for me, but would go and try. After 
an absence of considerable time (certainly the time seemed long) 
he returned with a piece of broiled pork and broiled liver, telling 



FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — APPENDIX C. 253 

me this was all the food he could get. I thanked him, and told 
him it was very good. 

The next day, he came and told me he had orders to march, and 
must therefore leave me. Was very sony he could stay no longer 
with me, but hoped somebody would take care of me. Taking me 
b}^ the hand, he wished me well and left me. 

The loss of so good a friend grieved me exceedingly ; but I soon 
heard that my other friend was ordered to sta}^ behind to help take 
care of the wounded. My spirits, which before were very much 
depressed, when I heard of this, were much exhilerated, and once 
more I felt tolerably happy. The difference in mankind never 
struck me more sensibly than while a prisoner. Some would do 
everything in their power to make me comfortable and cheerful, 
while others abused me with the vilest of language ; telling me 
that the prisoners would all be hanged ; that they would drive all 
the damned rebels into the sea, and that their next winter quarters 
would be in Boston. They certainly wintered in Boston ; but, to 
their great disappointment and chagrin, as prisoners of war ! 

But to return. My wound being now a little better, I began to 
think of escaping. from the enemy. Two of my fellow-prisoners 
agreed to accompany me, — one of them being well acquainted with 
the way to Otter Creek. This plan, however, failed ; for before we 
had an opportunity for making our escape, Doctor Haze called 
upon my companions to be ready to march for Ticonderoga, telling 
them that the next morning they must leave this place. Thus I 
found, that as soon as the prisoners were able to ride, they were 
ordered to Ticonderoga. Being thus disappointed, I begged of the 
Doctor to let me go with them. Says he, " You are very danger- 
ously wounded, and it is improper for you to ride so far yet, but as 
soon as }'ou are able you shall go." Being thus defeated, I again 
resolved to run away, even if I went alone ; and it was not long 
before I had an opportunity, As all the prisoners were sent off 
except such as were badly wounded, they thought it unnecessary to 
guard us very closely. I soon was able to go to the spring, which 
was at a little distance from the camp. Thither I often went for 
water for myself and the Hessians, who, by the way, appeared to 
be pleased with me. I often waited upon them, brought them 
water, made their beds, etc., and found my fare the better for it. 
J often walked out into the woods where the battle was fought ; 
went to the tree where I was shot down, observed the trees which 
were very much marked with the balls. Looking around one day, 
I found some leaves of a Bible ; these I carried into the camp, and 
diverted myself by reading them ; for I felt much more contented 
when I had something to -read. My friend, whom I have before 
mentioned, one day brought me a very good book, which he told 
me to keep as a present from him. This I heartily thanked him 
for, and whenever I was tired by walking, would lay down and 
read. 



254 FLETGHEB GENEALOGY.— APPENDIX C. 

On the 2 2d of July, a number of men came down from Ticonde- 
roga, with horses and litters sufficient to carry off the remainder of 
the wounded. Dr. Haze came to us and told us, that to-morrow 
we should all be carried where we should have better care taken of 
us. Says he, " I will send the orderly sergeant, who will see that 
your bloody clothes are well washed." This, he thought, would be 
very agreeable news to us. I pretended to be very much pleased, 
though I was determined never to go. I told the person who lay 
next to me that I intended to run away ; desired him to make them 
believe I had taken the north road, if they inclined to pursue me, 
for I should take the south. Says he, "I will do all in my power 
to assist you, and wish it was possible for me to go with you." 

I made it my business that day to procure provisions sufficient 
for my journey. I had spared a little bread from my daily allow- 
ance, and although dry and mouldy, yet it was the best to be had. 
I had a large jack-knife left, of which the enemy had not robbed 
me. I sold this for a pint of wine, thinking it would do me more 
good on my march than the knife — as the event proved. The wine 
I put in a bottle, and carefully stowed it in iny pocket. I was hard 
put to it to get my shirt washed and dried before evening. How- 
ever, agreeing with some to make their beds if they would dry my 
shirt, it was ready to put on by dark. I then went to my tent, took 
off my coat and jacket, and put on my clean shirt over my dirty 
one, and having filled my pockets with the little provision I had 
saved, I began to march homeward, shoeless, reflecting what I 
should do for so material a part of my clothing. It came into my 
mind that one Jonathan Lambert had died of his wounds a day or 
two before, and left a good pair of shoes. Supposing my right to 
them equal to any other person, I took them and put them on. 

It being dark, I went out undiscovered, and steered into the 
woods. After going a little way, I turued into the road and made 
a halt. Now was the trying scene ! The night being very dark, 
everything before me appeared gloomy and discouraging ; my 
wound was far from being healed ; my strength much reduced by 
the loss of blood, pain, and poor living. Thus situated, to travel 
alone, I knew not where, having no knowledge of the way, I thought 
would be highly presumptuous. How far I should have to travel 
before I could reach any inhabitants, I could not tell. Indians, I 
supposed, were lurking about, and probably I might be beset by 
them and murdered, or carried back ; and if I avoided them, per- 
haps I might perish in the wilderness. 

Reflecting upon these things, my resolution began to flag, and I 
thought it most prudent to return and take my fate. I turned 
about and went back a few rods, when the following words struck 
me as if whispered in my ear : Put not your hands to the plough and 
\ou~k back. 1 immediately turned about again, fully resolved to 
pursue my journey through the woods ; but before morning, had I 
been possessed of millions of gold, I would freely have given the 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — APPENDIX C. 255 

whole to have been once more with the enemy. The road which I 
had to travel was newly opened, leading from Hubbardston to Otter 
Creek. The night being dark, and the road very crooked, I found 
it very difficult to keep it ; often running against trees and rocks, 
before I knew I was out of it, and then it was with much trouble 
that I found it again, which sometimes I was obliged to do upon 
my hands and knees, and often up to my knees in mire. 

About twelve o'clock, I heard something coming towards me : 
what it conld be, I knew not. I halted and looked back ; it was so 
dark I was at a loss to determine what it was, but thought it looked 
like a dog. That a dog should be so far from inhabitants, I 
thought very strange. I at once concluded that he belonged to the 
Indians, and that they were not far off. I however ventured to 
speak to him, and he immediately came to me. I gave him a piece 
of mouldy bread, which he eat, and soon appeared fond of me. At 
first, I was afraid he would betray me to the Indians, but soon 
found him of service ; for I had not gone far before I heard the 
noise of some wild beast. I had just set down to rest me, with my 
back against a tree, my wound being very painful, As the beast 
approached, my dog appeared very much frightened, — laid close 
down by me, and trembled as if he expected to be torn in pieces. 
I now began to be much terrified : I however set very still, know- 
ing it would do no good to run. He came within two rods of me, 
and stopped; I was unable to determine what it was, but supposed 
it was a wolf. I soon found I was not mistaken. After looking 
at me some time, he turned about and went off; but, before long, 
returned with a large reinforcement. In his absence, I exerted 
myself to the utmost to get forward, fearing he would be after me 
again. After travelling about half an hour, I was alarmed with 
the most horrible howling, which I supposed to be near the tree 
which I rested by. Judge what my feelings were, when I found 
these beasts of prey were pursuing me, and expected every minute 
to be devoured by them ! But, in the midst of this trouble, to my 
infinite jo}^, I discovered fires but a little way before me, which, 
from several circumstances, I was sure were not built by Indians. 
I therefore at once concluded they were fires of some scouting party 
of Americans, and I made great haste to get to them, lest I should 
be overtaken by the wolves, which were now but a little behind. 
I approached so hear the fires as to hear men talk, when I imme- 
diately discovered them to be enemies. Thus disappointed, I knew 
not what course to take. If I continued in the woods, I should be 
devoured by wild beasts ; for, having eat of the bodies which were 
left on the field of battle, the}' continued lurking for more. If I 
gave myself up to the enemy, I should certainly be carried back 
to Ticonderoga, and to Canada, and probably fare no better for 
attempting to run away. Which way to escape, I knew not. I 
turned a little out of the path, and lay down on the ground to hear 
what was said by the enemy, expecting every moment they would 



256 FLETGHEB GENEALOGY. — APPENDIX G. 

discover me : the darkness of the night, however, prevented. These 
howling beasts approached as near the fires as they dared, when 
they halted, and continued their horrid yells for some time,— being 
afraid to come so nigh as I was. After the howling had ceased, I 
began to think of getting round the enemy's camp, being pretty 
certain that, as yet, I was not discovered. I arose from the ground, 
and took a course which I thought would carry me round the ene- 
my's camp. After travelling a little way, I came to the foot of a 
high mountain. To go round it, I thought would carry me too 
much out of nry course ; I resolved, therefore, to ascend it. With 
much difficulty, I arrived at the. top, then took a tack to the right : 
travelling that course some time, I found I was bewildered and 
lost ; and which way to go to find the road again, I knew not, hav- 
ing neither moon nor stars to direct me ; so I wandered about in 
this wilderness till almost day, when I became so fatigued and 
worried that I was obliged to lay down again. Judge what a per- 
son's feeling's must be in such a situation ! 

I now repented of my ever leaving the enemy. Here I was lost 
in the woods, with but very little provision, my wounds extremely 
painful, and little or no prospect of ever seeing human beings again. 
Thus I lay and reflected, my dog walking round me like a faithful 
sentinel, till I fell asleep ; but was soon alarmed with the noise of 
cannon, which I concluded, by the direction^ must be at Ticonde- 
roga. Never was sound more grateful to my ears than this cannon. 
I thought I might possibly live to reach the place, and though an 
enemy's camp 5 I would have given anything to be with them again. 

Soon after the morning gun was fired, I heard the drums beat 
in the camp which I had visited in the night. This noise was still 
more grateful, for I was sure they were not at a great distance. 
With much difficulty, I got upon my legs again, with a determina- 
tion to go to their camp. I found, however, that I could scarcely 
stand ; for, having laid down when I was very sweaty, I had taken 
cold, and was so' stiff and sore that I could hardly move. I now 
had recourse to my little bottle of wine, wjilch relieved me very 
much, and then began to march towards the drums, which still 
continued beating. 

After travelling a little way, I heard a cock crow, which ap- 
peared near the drums. I thought it of little consequence which 
object to pursue, both being nearly in the same direction. But the 
noise of the drums soon ceased, and I steered for the other object, 
which soon brought me into open land, and in sight of a house. I 
got to the door just as the man arose from his bed. After the 
usual compliments, I asked him how far it was to the British en- 
campments. He answered, about fifty rods. '"Do you want to go 
to them ? " says he. I never was more at a stand what reply to 
make. As none of the enemy appeared about the house, I thought 
if I could persuade this man to befriend me, I possibly might avoid 
them ; but if he should prove to be a tory, and know from whence 



FLETGHEB GENEALOGY.— APPENDIX C. 251 

I came, he would certainly betray me. I stood perhaps a minute 
without saying a word. He seeing my confusion, spoke again to 
me : " Come," said he, "come into the house." I went in and sat 
down. I will tell you, said I, what I want, if you will promise not 
to hurt me. He replied, "I will not injure you, if you do not 
injure us." This answer did not satisfy me, for, as yet, I could 
not tell whether he would be a friend or foe. I sat and viewed him 
for some minutes, and at last resolved to tell him from whence I 
came, and where I wished to go, let the event be what it would. I 
was a soldier, said I, in the Continental army, was dangerously 
wounded and taken prisoner, had made my escape from the enemy, 
and, after much fatigue and peril, had got through the woods, — 
being directed to this house by the crowing of a cock. He smiled, 
and said, " You have been rightly directed ; for had you gone to 
either of my neighbors, you undoubtedly would have been carried 
to the enemy again. You have now found a friend who will, if 
possible, protect you. It is true they have forced me to take the 
oath of allegiance to the king ; but I sincerely hope the Americans 
will finally prevail, for I believe their cause to be just and equitable. 
Should they know of my harboring rebels, as they call us, I cer- 
tainly should suffer for it. Anything I can do for you without 
exposing my own life, I will do." I thanked him for his, kindness, 
and desired him not to expose himself on my account. 

After giving me something to eat and drink, he concealed me in 
a chamber, where he said I might stay till the dew was off, and 
then go out into some secret place in the bushes, there to continue 
till night. This he said was necessary, as the enemy were often 
plundering about his house, and if I continued in it, I should prob- 
ably be discovered, which would ruin him. A little boy was set as 
a sentinel at the door, who was to give notice if the enemy came 
near. I had not been in the house half an hour, before a number 
of them came in, but with no other design than to buy some rum 
and milk, and to borrow a pot for cooking. 

As soon as they were gone, the woman came into the chamber 
to dress my wound. She washed it with rum, applied dressings, 
and bound it up as well as she could. She showed every mark of 
kindness to me ; but her husband, whose name was Moulton, in a 
day or £wo after I got to his house, was pressed by the enemy to 
bring stores from Skeensborough [now ^hite Hall] with his team, 
and I never saw the good old man any more. His wife was in 
much trouble lest the enemy should find me in the house and be so 
enraged as to kill all the family. She permitted her little boy to 
guide me to the bushes, where I might secrete myself: she gave 
me a blanket to lie on. The boy went with me to my lurking 
place, that I might be easily found, so as to receive refreshment. 
When night came on, I was called by the boy to the house again, 
and took my old stand in the chamber ; the woman feared I should 
receive injury by lodging out of doors. She informed me that a 

33 



258 FLETOHEB GENEALOGY. — APPENDIX C. 

man would lodge there that night who was brother-in-law to her 
husband, and who had actually taken up arms against his country. 
I told her I apprehended danger from tarrying in the house ; she 
said there would not be any ; I then lay snug in my straw. 

In a short time, the tory came for some drink. The indiscreet 
woman told him she had an American in the chamber who had been 
taken prisoner by the British and had escaped. He asked her what 
kind of a man I was. She told him I was a young fellow, and wanted 
much to get home, and begged that I might not be taken back to 
the enemy or betrayed. His answer was very rough, and I began 
to think I was gone for it. I expected to be forced back, but the 
woman interceding so hard for me, softened the ferocity of my tory 
enemy. Knowing I was discovered, I crawled from my hiding 
place, and began a conversation with the man. He asked me if I 
belonged to the rebel service. I told him I belonged to the Conti- 
nental service. " What is that,*' said he, "but the rebel service?" 
He addressed me in very insolent language, and said he was very 
sorry to have me leave the king's troops in the manner I had done, 
and he would have me to know I was in his hands. I was patient 
and mild in my situation, telling him I was at his disposal. My 
good mistress often put in a word on my behalf. 

After some time spent in this way, the man asked me if he 
should chance to be taken, and in my power as I was in his, whether 
I should let him escape. I told him I should. " Then," says he, 
" if you will promise this, I will not detain you ; also, that if you 
are retaken before you reach home, you will not inform that you 
have seen me, or have been at my brother's." I gave him my 
promise. His advice to me was immediately to set out, for if I 
should stay long I might be picked up by some person. "And," 
says he, " I advise you to travel in the night, and hide in the day, 
for many volunteers are reconnoitering up and down the country."" 
I concluded to travel, but my feeling landlady thought it best to stay 
a few days longer. My friend tory said it was best for me to travel 
as soon as possible. u If you are determined to go to-night," said 
the woman, " I will dress your wound, and give you food for your 
iourney." I told her I would go as soon as possible. She then 
dressed my wound for the last time, and filled my pockets with 
good provision. After thanking her for her kindness, — it being 
all the compensation I could make, and I believe all that she de- 
sired, — I left her. 

But, before I proceed on my journey, I must tell you that my 
dog, who had accompanied me through many dangers, I was 
obliged to drive from me. When in the chamber, he would com- 
monly lay at the foot of the stairs. Mrs. Moulton often told me 
she was afraid he would betray me ; for, as the enemy were often 
in, should they see the dog, might suspect that somebody was in 
the chamber. I told her, with much regret, to drive him away. 
She, with her little boy, tried all in their power to get rid of him, 



FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — APPENDIX C. 259 

but in vain ; the dog would stay about the house. At length, she 
called me to drive him away. I came down, and, after much diffi- 
culty, effected it. 

But to return. After being told the course I must take, I began 
my journey in the night, which was dark and cloudy, through the 
woods. I had not travelled more than two hours before I got lost. 
I concluded I had missed the road, and, having reached the end of 
one I was then in, began to think of going back. 'My wound 
began to be very painful, and I was so sore I could scarcely go. 
While I was seeking for the road again, there came up a thunder 
shower, and rained fast, I crawled into an old, forsaken hovel, 
which was near, and lay till the shower was over ; then went back 
half a mile, and found the road once more. The road being newly 
opened through the woods, was very bad, and it was with much 
difficulty I could get along, often tumbling over roots and stones, 
and sometimes up to my knees in mire. I once fell, and was 
obliged to lay several minutes before I could recover myself. 

About twelve o'clock at night, as I was walking in this wilder- 
ness, I was surprised by two large, wild animals, which lay close 
by the road, and started up as soon as they saw me ; ran a few 
rods, and turned about towards me. Whether they were bears or 
wolves, I could not tell ; I was, however, exceedingly terrified, and 
would have given any thing for my dog again. One of them fol- 
lowed me for a long time ; sometimes would come close to me, and 
at others, kept at a considerable distance. At last, he got dis- 
couraged and left me, and certainly I did not regret his absence. 

At daylight, I came to open land, and discovered a house be- 
longing to Col. Mead. I was not a little rejoiced to see his house, 
as I knew he would be a friend to me ; but my joy was of short 
continuance, for as soon as I looked into the door, I saw marks of 
the enemy, everything belonging to the house being carried off or 
destro} r ed. I thought it not prudent to go into the house, lest some 
of the enemy might be within, so I passed on as fast as possible. 
It now began to grow light, and what to do with mysein could not 
tell. My friends had advised me to lay concealed in the daj^-time 
and teavel in the night. 

-When I viewed the depredations the enemy had made on the 
inhabitants, — and many of whom had fled ; not knowing how far 
I must travel to find friends, and my wound being very trouble- 
some, I reflected long, whether to tarry and be made prisoner, or 
push forward through a dreary wilderness. Death seemed to 
threaten me on all sides : however, I collected resolution sufficient 
to make to the east. I conceived myself exposed by my uniform 
and bloody clothes. To prevent a discovery by any who should be 
an enemy, I took off my shirt and put it over my coat, by which 
my uniform was covered. In this line I marched ; it being the 
orders of the British for all tories, who came to join them, to appear 
in this dress, I considered myself protected. 



26() FLETCHER GENEALOGY. — APPENDIX G. 

I travelled till the middle of the day, before I saw any person. 
I then met a man driving cattle, as I supposed, to the enemy. He 
examined me closely, and inquired if I was furnished with a pass. 
I gave him plausible answers to all his questions, and so far satis- 
fied him as to proceed unmolested. I inquired of him if he knew 
one Joshua Priest. He told me he did, and very readily directed 
me to the place where he lived. Leaving this man, I had not 
travelled far before I met a number more, armed ; being within 
about fifty rods of them, I thought to hide myself, but found I could 
not : I then made towards them without any apparent fear. Com- 
ing up to them, I expected a strict examination ; but they only 
asked me how far it was to such a town. I informed them as well 
as I could, and pushed on my way. 

Being within a mile and a half of said Priest's, I saw two men 
making towards me ; they came to a fence and stopped. I heard 
them say, "Let's examine this fellow, and know what his business 
is." One of them asked me where I was going. I told him to 
Joshua Priest's. He asked me my business there. I answered 
him, upon no bad errand. He says, " You are a spy." I told him 
I was no spy. I did not like the fellow's looks, therefore dropped 
the conversation with him, believing he was one of the enemy. I 
resolved not to converse with any one, till I had arrived at Priest's, 
unless compelled to. Being almost overcome with fatigue, I wished 
for rest ; however, these men seemed determined to stop me or do 
me some mischief, for when I walked on, they followed me upon 
the run, and in great rage told me I should go no farther until I 
had made known to them who and what I was ; saying, they had 
asked me a civil question, and they required a civil answer. I told 
them if they would go to Priest's, I would tell them all the truth, 
and satisfy them entirely, — repeating to them I was no spy. They 
said they did not mean to leave me till they were satisfied respect- 
ing me. I then, in short, told them what I had before in the whole, 
and added, that I was well acquainted with Priest, and intended to 
tarry with Mm some time. 

We all arrived at Priest's, who at first did not recollect me. 
After some pause, he told me he was surprised to see me, as my 
father had informed him I was slain at Hubbardston. I told him I 
was yet alive, but had received a bad wound. His family soon 
dressed my wound, and made me comfortable. 

I then, in the presence and hearing of my tory followers, told 
Priest the story of my captivity and escape ; also repeated the 
insolent language used by the tories towards our people when 
prisoners with the enemy. Finding Priest my friend, I said many 
severe things against the tories, and fixed my countenance sternly 
on those fellows who had pretended to lord it over me, and stop me 
on the way. They bore all without saying a word, but looked as 
surly as bulls. 

I soon found these tory gentry had premeditated carrying me 



FLETCHEB GENEALOGY. — APPENDIX C. 261 

back, and were seeking help to prosecute their design. My friend 
Priest loaded his gun, and said he would give them a grist if they 
dared come after me : but failing of getting any persons to join 
them, I was not molested. 

I could often hear my tory followers' threatenings against me, 
to take me back, saying I should be able to fight again, and do 
injury to the enemy. I feared these tories would do hurt ; but my 
fears were quieted by finding the neighbors were my friends, and 
would afford me their protection. But I will write one more tory 
plan. 

After being at Priest's about ten days, there came, one morn- 
ing, a number of persons to see me, and appeared very friendly 
and much concerned lest I should be taken by the enemy. They 
informed me a man had arrived from Burg^ne's army, and a 
party of Indians was to be sent forward to guard the town where I 
was, and protect the tories and their property, — our people coming 
twice while I was at Priest's to take tory property. These people 
told me an honest story, and advised me to travel immediately. 
Being desirous to get home, I told my friend Priest I would not 
stay any longer. He says, "Don't be scared, I apprehend no 
danger from the Indians, tarry yet awhile, for your wound is not 
healed. You are not able to travel through the woods ; but do as 
you think best." These men cried out, "Escape, escape, for your 
life : Indians will be upon you before to-morrow night." 

Having resolved to go on, my friends furnished me with provis- 
ions sufficient for my journey. Without doubts or fears, I went 
on my way ; and after travelling all day, I arrived at a place called 
Ludlow. From this town the people all fled and left their habita- 
tions. Great was my disappointment ! I spent the night in a 
melancholy manner, having neither fire nor bed to comfort my 
shivering and impaired body. 

About day, I set out from the dreary house which had sheltered 
me in the night. By travelling, I found I had taken cold, and my 
wound was very painful Desponding, I thought it best to go back 
about seven miles to some inhabitants, rather than to proceed 
homeward. Just before night, I arrived at the place of the inhabit- 
ants, seven miles back, who received me kindly, and took special 
care of my wound. 

Just before sunset of the third day after my departure, I came 
to my old friend Priest's again, who appeared very glad to see me. 
Now it was not any friendship in my tory visitors who advised me 
to escape, but for fear I should betray them, — their reports after- 
wards proving a lie. 

At my old friends I remained six weeks : in the meantime my 
wound was almost healed. I was hospitably entertained by him. 

Having heard that one Mr. Atwell, belonging to New Marlbo- 
rough, was in the neighborhood with a team to move a family, I 
agreed with him for a horse to ride. After a journey of a few 



262 FLETCHER GENEALOGY.— APPENDIX C. 

days, I safely arrived at New Ipswich, and once more participated 
the pleasure of seeing and enjoying my friends, and no enemy to 
make me afraid. 

Not long afterwards, an officer from the army hearing of my 
return, ordered me to be arrested and returned to the main body of 
the American army, although my wound was scarcely healed. In 
a few weeks, I joined my corps, then stationed in Pennsylvania, 
having yet two years to serve my country in the tented field. 

We afterwards went on an expedition against the Indians, to 
the Genesee country, a long and tedious march, commanded by 
Gen. Staillivan, where we drove the savages before us, burnt their 
huts, destroyed their corn. The first Indian settlement we came to 
was called " Tiauger," where they lay in ambush, in a thick wood 
on a hill, where they fired on our men and killed seven. After 
that, we were ordered to march in the following order : The army 
was divided into four columns, and the head of each column had a 
horn or trumpet, and each of these divisions marched as far apart 
as they could hear each other sound. We marched in this line all 
the way afterward ; if we had not, they undoubtedly would have 
waylaid and killed us all. There were two men that left their 
place and went out from the main body and were taken by the 
Indians and tortured to death in the most cruel maimer. 

Our provision was like to fail : we had to go on half allowance 
a long time, or we should have starved. Finding few enemies to 
contend with in that quarter, as they were not disposed to meet us 
in the open field, we received the gladly-obeyed orders to return 
to New England, where we remained the ensuing autumn. Noth- 
ing more of importance, to me or the reader, occurred, until the 
three long years rolled away, except when in Pennsylvania, I had 
the honor of being acquainted with Gen* Washington and Gen. 
Lafayette, and then I received my discharge [March 30, 1780]. 

And now, kind reader, wishing that you may forever remain 
ignorant of the real sufferings of the veteran soldier from hunger 
and cold, from sickness and captivity, I bid you a cordial adieu. 

EBENEZER FLETCHER. 

New Ipswich, Jan. 1813. 



INDEX OF FLETCHERS. 



263 



INDEX OF FLETCHEKS. 

Figures refer to Pages. 



Aaron, 112, 145, 225 ; Aaron D. 25 ; 

Aaron E. 194. 
Abby, 107, 130, 238 ; Abby A. 158 ; 

Abby C. 35; Abby E. 163, 233; 

Abby J. 135. 
Abel, 33, 77, 142, 183, 186, 187, 204, 

239 ; Abel B 190 ; Abel T. 101 ; 

Abel W. 238. 
Abijah, 75, 142. 
Abigail, 19, 21, 24, 57, 94, 111, 128, 

130, 135, 139, 170, 187, 201, 202, 

223, 224 ; Abigail A. 193 ; Abigail 

B. 212 ; Abigail D. 75 ; Abigail S. 

80. 
Abner, 133; Abner H. 136; Abner 

W. 117. 
Abraham, 16, 142, 239. 
AcIisrTi 4-^5 
Ada, lib, 120; Ada F. 141, 196 ; Ada 

M. 37, 100, 120. 
Adams, 25, 57, 75, 215. 
Addison, 103, 168, 178 ; Addison M. 

*76. 
Adelaide A. 52. 
Adelia S. 124. 

Adeline, 25, 48 ; Adeline E. 162, 181. 
Adin B. 196 ; Adin H. 187. 
Adrian a, 151. 

Adolphus, 157 ; Adolphus B. 162. 
Agnes, 106, 221 ; Agnes P. 123. 
Alden, 146 ; Alden B. 134 ; Alden L. 

234. 
Albert, 117, 120, 124, 148, 234, 235; 

Albert A. 52; Albert C. 102; Al- 
bert E. 93 ; Albert F. 96 ; Albert 

G. 82 ; Albert H. 194 ; Albert W. 

190. 
Alanson, 218, 220. 
Alban, 135. 

Alfred M. 103; Alfred P. 117. 
Alice, 102, 183, 196, 219; Alice A. 

108; Alice C. 27; Alice J. 197; 

Alice L. 164 ; Alice M. 137 ; Alice 

P. 214. 



Allanshaw, 26. 

Allen F. 180; Allen M. 94, 104, 239. 

Alma, 226. 

Almira, 22, 185, 186, 190, 217; Al- 

mira B. 28 ; Almira M. 27. 
Alonzo B. 52 ; Alonzo E. 132. 
Alpheus, 115, 168, 181, 210, 236. 
Alta H. 197. 
Alureda, 94, 107. 
Alvan, 40. 

Alvin C. 121 ; Alvin D. 187. 
Ama, 55, 60, 219, 223 ; Ama E. 99. 
Amanda, 37 ; Amanda M. 50, 232. 
Amelia, 48 ; Amelia C. 25. 
Americus V. 180. 
Amos, 21, 22, 24, 26, 130, 141, 142, 

145, 204, 211, 236, 237, 238 ; Amos 

K. 27. 
Ann, 39, 150; Ann E. 135; Ann M. 

36, 180 ; Ann M. P. 97 ; Ann K. 

119, 146; Ann S. 35. 
Anna, 34, 35, 37, 71, 106, 110, 113, 

126, 139, 156, 185, 192, 204, 224, 

235 < Anna A. 198; Anna D. 24. 

197; Anna K. 197; Anna M. 178; 

Anna P. 148 ; Anna W. 31. 
Andrew, 112, 115, 128, 131, 136; An- 
drew J. 191; Andrew M. 194; 

Andrew "W. 135. 
Angeline, 26, 118. 
Annira, 79. 
Annis, 169. 
Anthony S. 220. 
Antoinette, 231. 
Ara D. 37. 
Arad H. 210, 218. 
Aratus, 158. 
Archibald, 139, 140. 
Armaldo, 233. 
Ariel K. 212, 220. 
Arthur, 22, 23, 31, 152; Arthur F. 

26 ; Arthur G. 221 ; Arthur H. 195 ; 

Arthur J. 100; Arthur L. 137; 

Arthur W. 82. 



264 



INDEX OF FLETCEEB8, 



Artemas, 43. 

Arvilla, 145 ; Arvilla G. 23. 

Asa, 25, 73, 122. 123, 124, 131, 186, 

237; Asa P. 191; Asa S. 135. 
Asaph, 165, 168, 170; Asaph G. 82. 
Asenath, 133, 212, 216. 
Aslam, 123. 
Augusta, 36; Augusta A. 151, 232; 

Augusta B. 119. 
Augustine G. 117. 
Augustus, 146; Augustus K. 191; 

Augustus N. 136; Augustus W. 

49. 
Aurilla, 211; Aurilla P. 219. 
Aurora W. 219. 
Austin C. 211. 
Azabah, 237. 



B. 



Bailey N. 36. 

Bartlett M; 220. 

Bathsheba, 211, 230. 

Bela J. 211. 

Belinda, 134. 

Belle A. 152. 

Benjamin, 12, 15, 53, 55, 77, 100, 
112, 124, 130, 135, 186, 200, 203, 
204, 211, 215, 223, 224, 225, 239; 
Benjamin C. 115 ; Benjamin F. 
117, 147, 170; Benjamin W. 188, 
190. 

Bethiah, 55. 

Bethiel, 14. 

Betsey; 33, 34, 41, 56, 58, 71, 75, 79, 
116, 129, 130, 139, 145, 155, 156, 
170, 185, 204, 205, 209, 216, 225, 
226, 237 ; Betsey A. 234 ; Betsey 
C. 104; Betsey M. 147; Betsey 
P. 210; Betsey T. 101; Betsey W. 
22, 187. 

Beulah B. 95. 

Bion B. 138. 

Brainerd, 234. 

Bridget, 13, 56, 72, 185, 200. 

Burton I. 182. 



C. 



Caddie S. 110. 

Caleb, 165; Caleb P. 112; Caleb E. 

166, 188. 
Calvin, 74, 93, 94, 108, 134 ; Calvin 

B. 105; Calvin H. 107; Calvin J. 

96, 105 ; Calvin T. 35, 45. 
Caroline, 46, 98, 135, 188, 217, 221, 

222, 230, 238, 239; Caroline A. 

134 ; Caroline E. 36, 96, 162, 194 ; 



Caroline F. 196; Caroline H. 197; 
Caroline L. 218 ; Caroline M. 50, 
137, 240 ; Caroline W. 82 ; Caro, 
line V. 151. 

Cary, 10. 

Catharine, 37, 71, 102, 107, 122, 123, 
124 ; Catharine C. 80 ; Catharine 
L. 169 ; Catharine M. 177 - r Cath- 
arine S. 153. 

Chandler, 213. 

Charity, 211. 

Charles, 22, 29, 38, 41, 42, 101, 102, 
115, 135, 186, 188, 198, 201, 218, 
232, 235, 238 ; Charles A. 27, 50, 
159; Charles B. 36, 80, 106, 119, 
235; Charles D. 124; Charles E. 
47, 106 ; Charles F. 120, 162, 219 ; 
Charles G. 148, 220 ;- Charles B. 
75, 97, 109, 151, 193, 218, 234; 
Charles J. 98 ; Charles K. 192 ; 
Charles L. 26, 37, 94, 198, 214; 
Charles M. 104, 150; Charles N. 
221 ; Charles P. 119 ; Charles 
R. 222; Charles S. 24, 27, 108; 
Charles T. 47; Charles V. 117, 
218; Charles W. 29, 163, 234. 

Christiana, 123. 

Cherubiah, 113. 

Charlotte, 33, 71, 73, 131 ; Charlotte 
A. 84, 127 ; Charlotte E, 102. 

Christopher, 44, 218; Christopher 

C. 115, 118. 
Cedora M. 37 

Clara A. 163, 164, 189 ; Clara E. 214 j 
Clara L. 197 ; Clara S. 220. 

Clarence, 137 ; Clarence D. 52 ; 
Clarence W. 137. 

Clarissa, 98, 145, 185, 227, 238, # 

Clementine, 98. 

Clifton, 146. 

Clymena A. 121. 

Comings, 209. 

Cora, 222 ; Cora D. 196 ; Cora J. S7, 
235. 

Colby, 139. 

Cordelia, 82. 

Cornelia, 171 ; Cornelia A. 181. 

Curtis, 45; Curtis A. 235. 

Cynthia, 44, 115, 171. 

Cyrena, 105. 

Cyrus, 23, 130, 134, 205, 237; Cyrus 

D. 162 ; Cyrus H. 96 ; Cyrus K. 
211. 



D. 



Dana W. 240. 

Daniel, 14, 32, 34, 114, 115, 118, 146, 
201, 204, 205, 206, 217, 224, 225, 



INDEX OF FLETCHERS. 



265 



234; Daniel A. 116; Daniel E. 49; 
Daniel H. 21 ; Daniel K. 192 ; Dan- 
iel L. 35 ; Daniel M. 220 ; Daniel 
W. 36, 47, 108, 210, 212. 

David, 21, 25, 29, 30, 35, 58, 107, 123, 
128, 130, 131, 202, 209, 217, 218; 
David B. 49, 52, 206; David E. 
180; David J. 221 ; David S. 169, 
210; David S. H. 222; David W. 
170. 

Dean, 29; Dean A. 29. 

Deborah, 13, 14, 145, 207. 

Delia, 212. 220. 

Dexter, 74, 209, 215. 

Diadarnia, 227. 

Diana, 227. 

Diantha E. 120. 

Dorcas, 237 ; Dorcas M. 149 ; Dorcas 
W. 46. 

Dorinda, 237, 238. 

Dorothy, 17, 20, 21, 56, 186, 236. 

Downing, 35. 

Dubois, 74. 

Dulcenia, 169. 

Dunn N. 96. 

Dwight L. 231. 



E. 



Ebenezer, 14, 15, 21, 31, 154, 204, 
209, 216, 223. 

Eda, 107. 

Edgar A. 182. 

Edith, 53, 140, 182. 

Edna S. 49. 

Edmund, 94, 186, 191; Edmund D. 
191. 

Edson L. 194. 

Edward. 105, 119, 198, 233, 235 ; Ed- 
ward B. 193 ; Edward E. 134, 190, 
192 ; Edward E. 108 ; Edward G. 
49 ; Edward H. 24, 36, 176 ; Ed- 
ward L. 50; Edward P. 48, 215 ; 
Edward S. 52, 164 ; Edward T. 99. 

Edwin, 36, 212; Edwin C. 100; Ed- 
win F. 45, 106 ; Edwin S. 219, 233. 

Elbridge, 185 ; Elbridge E. 83 ; El- 
bridge F. 104. 

Eleanor L. 46 ; Eleanor R. 230; 
Eleanor V. 48. 

Eleanora, 22. 

^leazer, 14, 154, 156, 157, 183, 186, 
200. 

Electa M. 211. 

Elden P. 138. 

Elias S. 50. 

Elijah, 44, 56, 74, 122, 123, 124, 133, 
201, 230; Elijah M. 234; Elijah 
T. 93. 

34 



Elisha, 39, 43, 142, 202; Elisha K. 
49. 

Eliza, 22, 106, 108, 145,146, 157, 164, 
193, 213, 239; Eliza A. ,117, 232; 
Eliza C. 47; Eliza J. 26, 234; 
Eliza M. 24; Eliza S. 47, 231; 
Eliza W. 118, 222. 

Elizabeth, 12-17, 19, 25, 35, 55, 57, 
58, 84, 111, 121, 122, 123, 128, 154, 
165, 171, 193, 201, 202, 203, 205, 
209, 212, 217, 218, 223, 236, 237, 
238 ; Elizabeth A. 49, 108, 121, 135, 
218; Elizabeth C. 97, 194; Eliza- 
beth D. 187; Elizabeth E. 110, 
222; Elizabeth F. 215, 238; Eliz- 
abeth J. 136; Elizabeth L. 153; 
Elizabeth R. 22, 169; Elizabeth 
S 108 193 

Ella, 177, 213; Ella A. 97, 178; 
EllaG. 102; Ella M. 214. 

Ellen, 35, 82, 217; Ellen A. 24; 
Ellen E- 221; Ellen L. 97, 137; 
I- lien M. 232, 235; Ellen N. 193; 
Ellen S. 107; Ellen W. 26, 103. 

Elmer W. 197; Elmer H. 222. 

Elmira, 140, 218. 

Elzina, 75. 

Emeline, 158 ; Emeline F, 100. 

Emerson A. 110. 

Emily, 28, 30, 37, 181,212, 213; Emr 
ily A. 95 ; Emily E. 28 ; Emily F. 
181, 195,238; himily M. 163; Em- 
ily R. 24. 

Emma, 105, 219, 221, 222; Emma C. 
108 ; Emma E. 52, 99, 179 ; Emma 
F. 108 ; Emma I. 151 ; Emma L. 
104, 152; Emma M. 47; Emma V. 
50. 

Ephraim, 17, 18, 138, 203, 204, 224, 
227; Ephraim D. 232; Ephraim 
H. 238; Ephraim S. 29, 157. 

Erastus, 107, 211. 

Esther, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18,32,33, 136, 
224. 

Estelle L. 197. 

Etta, 222. 

Etna J. 140. 

Eugene, 118, 134; Eugene B. 195; 
Eugene F. 195: 

Eunice, 17, 21, 35, 37, 157, 213. 

Eva, 107, 235. 

Eve, 102. 

Eveline, 150; Eveline A. 219; Eve- 
line R. 52; Eveline S. 220. 

Everett, 29 ; Everett S. 193. 

Ezekiel, 14, 183, 185; Ezekiel H. 
114, 116. 

Ezra, 57, 237 ; Ezra YV. 157, 159 



2M 



INDEX OF FLETCHERS. 



F. 



Farnsworth, 155. 

Fenn, 163. 

Fidelia, 205. 

Filora, 38. 

Frances, 36, 58, 73, 94, 101, 105, 155, 
157, 221 ; Frances A. 97 ; Frances 
L. 97 ; Frances M. 178, 234 ; Fran- 
ces T. 151 ; Frances W. 48, 214. 

Francis, 10, 15, 36, 77, 94, 166, 224, 
225, 226, 229, 232 ; Francis A. 81 ; 
Francis D. 179; Frances E. 219; 
Francis F. 192 ; Francis G. 234 ; 
Francis H. 191; Francis J. 52; 
Francis M. 208 ; Francis P. 227, 
228 ; Francis E. 222 ; Francis W. 
51. 

Francisco, 94. 

Frank, 110, 121, 151 ; Frank A. 49„ 
105 ; Frank B. 163 ; Frank E. 31, 
102, 195; Frank G. 151; Frank 
H. 127; Frank L. 109, 164; Frank 
O. 163; Frank S. 222; Frank W. 
104. 

Franklin, 115, 119, 135, 145; Frank- 
lin A. 191 ; Franklin C. 140. 

Frederic, 102, 104, 110, 121, 213, 222, 
234 ; Frederic A. 36 ; Frederic B. 
41; Frederic E. 152; Frederic G. 
29 ; Frederic H. 197 ; Frederic J. 
193; Frederic L. 120: Frederic 
P. 109, 214 ; Frederic W. 37. 

Freedom J. 36, 

Freman, 135. 

Fremont, 38. 

Flora J. 52. 

Florence, 137; Florence A. 198; 
Florence G. 31. 

Fiorina J. 100. 

Foster, 36. 

Frink, 25, 



G. 



Gardner, 114, 197, 216. 

George, 34, 38, 41, 94, 124, 135, 150, 
186, 188, 23f, 237; George A. 47, 
52, 82, 94, 99, 120,'l36, 195 ; George 
B. 212 ; George C. 83, 193 ; George 

E. 190 ; George E. W. 50 ; George 

F. 25, 28, 30, 163, 164 ; George G. 
124, 140, 217; George II. 46, 50, 
98, 104, 107, 190, 192, 233; George 
H. E. 30, 197, 218 ; George J. 138 ; 
George L. 36, 87, 38, 47, 164; 
George M. 26, 135, 219; George 
N. 83; George P. 36; George S. 
24, 221, 232; George T. 152, 194; 



George V. 97; George W. 22;. 76,. 

81, 99, 104, 115, 117, 124,136,179,. 

214. 
Georgiana, 137. 
Gershom, 17, 18, 20, 21. 
Gideon, 127, 212, 224, 225. 
Gilman, 34, 231 ; Gilman P. 140. 
Guilford D. 215. 
Glenn D. 102. 
Grace, 72, 102, 104, 122; Grace C. 

103 ; Grace G. 182 ; Grace W. 82. 
Gracia H. 210 ; Gracia L. 121. 
Grosvenor W. 52. 



H. 



Hannah, 12, 14, 15, 17, 22, 39, 41, 42, 
59, 60, 76, 77, 113, 115, 117, 128, 
132, 138, 166, 188, 192, 204, 218, 
225, 230 ; Hannah B. 122, 135, 209 ; 
Hannah D. 22; Hannah E. 148; 
Hannah J. 36; Hannah K. 228; 
Hannah P. 77, 151 ; Hannah R. 35, 
116. 

Hannibal G. 238. 

Harmon, 179. 

Harris R. 232. 

Harrison T. 192. 

Harrolcl, 196. 

Harriet, 37, 74, 98, 101, 115, 119, 162 
179, 182, 227, 233; Harriet A. 24 
100, 177, 197, 240; Harriet B. 148 
Harriet D. 152 ; Harriet E. 29, 81 
191, 196, 197, 233 ; Harriet F. 235 
Harriet M. 35, 52 ; Harriet P. 232 
Harriet N. 140, 231. 

Hazen, 37. 

Helen, 42, 235, 238 ; Helen A. 107, 
110,233; Helen B. 108; Helen D. 
51; Helen L. 104, 176; Helen S. 
49, 182. 

Henry, 29, 41, 45, 106, 112-117, 124, 
134, 142, 145, 179, 192, 218, 222, 
235; Henry A. 98, 119, 137, 178, 
222, 228 ; Henry B. 51, 197 ; Henry 
C. 28, 153; Henry E. 140, 218: 
Henry H. 96, 190 ; Henry J. 48 ; 
Henry L. 98, 153, 219 ; Henry O. 
125 ; Henry P. 52, 149 ; Henry S. 
30; Henry T. 150; Henry U. 99 : 
Henry W, 109, 219, 222. 

Hephzibah, 203. 

Herbert B. 50; Herbert E. 137; Her- 
bert W. 37. 

Hermon A. 194 ; Hermon P. 234, 

Hervey T. 25, 

Hezekiah, 12, 16. 



INDEX OF FLETCHERS. 



267 



Hiram, 215, 216; Hiram A. 25; Hi- 
ram D. 212. 

Homer C. 221. 

Horace, 168; Horace A. 48, 83; 
Horace E. G 31; Horace H. 105; 
Horace J. 24 ; Horace L. 106 ; 
Horace R. 25. 

Horatio, 185; Horatio R. 189. 

Hosea, 76, 

Hubbard, 234. 

Hugh B. 225 ; Hugh F. 109. 

Hulda, 186. 



I. 



Ida, 94 ; Ida E. 152 ; Ida F. 97, 233 ; 

Ida M. 197 ; Ida S. M. 140. 
Indiana, 71, 84. 
Ingram, 93. 
Ira, 35. 
Irving T. 109. 
Isaac, 14, 34, 57, 71, 78, 81, 130, 142, 

145; Isaac A. 191; Isaac N. 101. 
Isabel E. 194 ; Isabel S. 221. 
Isaiah, 234. 
Israel, 40-; Israel A. 115. 



J. 



Jacob, 20, 122, 128, 129, 142; Jacob 
G. 146. 

James, 13, 21, 30, 32, 34, 35,94, 135, 
154, 156, 192, 203, 204, 205, 212, 
213, 218, 225, 231 ; James A. 49, 
234; James B. 163,164; James C. 
93; James E. 95, 222; James F. 
41, 46 ; James G. 25 ; James H. 25, 
36 ; James K. 79 ; James M. 101, 
102; James R. 138; James S. 27, 
213 ; James T. 101 ; James W. 82, 
218 ; James W. P. 82. 

Jane, 15, 22, 35, 71, 111, 120, 145, 
178,213, 216; Jane A. 50; Jane 
C. 31 ; Jane E. 102, 179. 

Jarvis J. 124. 

Jedediah, 183. 

Jehiel, 25, 30. 

Jefferson, 74, 146; Jefferson H. 134. 

Jepthah, 113. 

Jenks, 218. 

Jeremiah, 128, 131, 135, 225, 228. 

Jerome, 101, 175. 

Jerusha, 16, 202. 

Jesse, 32, 56, 73, 94, 106, 131, 170; 
Jesse C. 35, 133, 142. 

Jessie F. 194; Jessie W. 31. 

Joanna, 33, 39, 40, 112, 128-131, 139, 
165, 167, 170, 213, 225, 230; Joan- 
na B. 45 ; Joanna C. 229. 



Joel, 74, 94, 107, 130, 165, 167, 170, 
186, 203, 204, 210, 211, 217, 220; 
Joel A. 115, 136, 197; Joel C 37; 
Joel E. 192; Joel M. 219; Joel 
W. 159. 

John, 12. 13, 15, 26, 31, 32, 34, 39, 
42, 113, 115, 116, 128, 129, 135, 
139, 140, 186, 202-205, 208, 209, 
212-217, 225, 230, 234; John A. 
25, 94; John B. 35, 75, 2l5; John 
B. S. 52 ; John C. 218 ; John D. 
49; John E. 118; John F. 214; 
John G. 135; John H. 195; John 
L. 188; John M. 26, 97, 233, 234; 
John R. 22, 164; John S. 84, 104, 
226 ; John T. 235 ; John W. 34, 35, 
36, 108, 136, 162, 179, 238. 

T -Mias, 13, 33, 35 ; Jonas C. 188. 

Jonathan, 13, 32, 39, 40, 55, 58, 111, 
112, 126, 141, 165, 184, 187, 223, 
224; Jonathan E. 79; Jonathan 
H. 75 ; Jonathan J. 34, 35 ; Jona- 
than V. 75. 

Joseph, 12, 13, 15, 21, 24, 42, 53, 55, 
56, 57, 60, 71, 73, 75, 83, 96, 99, 
105, 112, 114, 123, 124, 183, 203, 
204, 209, 217, 218; Joseph A. 80; 
Joseph H. 27, 97; Joseph L. 104; 
Joseph M. 116; Joseph W. 22, 46, 
134, 192, 214. 

Josephine L. 194. 

Joshua, 12. 13, 17, 18, 19, 21, 34, 39^, 
41, 48, 53, 57, 76, 225, 227. 

Josiah, 14, 25, 33, 34, 35, 56, 103, 
112, 113, 224; Josiah E. 120; Jo- 
siah F. 119 ; Josiah M. 118 ; Josiah 
R. 114, 116; Josiah S. 163. 

Jotham, 131. 

J. Perry, 140. 

J. Sullivan, 180. 

Judson E. 99. 

Julia, 102, 105 ; Julia A. 23, 46, 99, 
177, 213, 226; Julia E. 101; Julia 
J. 213 ; Julia M. 27, 30, 46, 189 ; 
Julia W. 82. 



K. 



Kendrick, 102. 
Keziah, 115. 
Kimball B. 25, 29. 



Laura, 25, 30, 74, 94, 106,, 115, 211; 
Laura A. 35, 120, 136, 159 ; Laura 
A. O. 101; Laura E. 137, 219; 
Laura M. 118. 



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INDEX OF FLETCHERS. 



Lavinia. 215; Lavinia A. 234. 

Leah, 100. 

Leavitt C. 280. 

Leefy, 126, 127. 

Lemuel, 131, 226. 

Lena H. 109. 

Leon, 120. 

Leonard, 41, 48, 58, 78; Leonard B. 
101 ; Leonard G. 101. 

Leonora, 48. 

Leroy V. 37. 

Levi, 41, 57, 126, 127, 210, 224, 237, 
238 ; Levi G. 238 ; Levi T. 76, 99 ; 
Levi W. 44. 

Lewis, 44, 48, 118 ; Lewis A. 43, 49 ; 
Lewis C. 163 ; Lewis S. 52 ; Lewis 
V. 47. 

Lestina E. 150. 

LillaK. 152; Lilla A. 153. 

Lillian, 222; Lillian A. 51; Lillian 
M. 110. 

Loami, 115, 130. 

Lois, 18; Lois A. 117; Lois I. 180; 
Lois W. 180. 

Loprncia F. 150. 

Lorenzo, 169; Lorenzo F. 150; Lo- 
renzo N. 136. 

Lorinda, 83. 

Loring, 37 ; Loring F. 35. 

Louella, 121. 219. 

Louis E. 197. 

Louisa, 74, 75, 76, 83, 94, 115, 157, 
186, 211, 228; Louisa A. 127, 147; 
Louisa F. 47 ; Louisa J. 45 ; Lou- 
isa M. 49. 

Lovell, 114. 

Lowell W. 191. 

Lucia A. 35 ; Lucia M. 192, 197. 

Lucian, 84, 155, 170; Lucian W. 

Lucinda, 42, 115, 131, 135, 155, 
237 ; Lucinda S. 36 ; Lucinda M. 
50; lucinda T. 101. 

Lucius 157; Lucius L. 27. 

Lucretia, 43, 139; Lucretia E 25. 

Lucy 13, 18, 20, 33. 37, 42, 55, 60, 
71, 74, 75. 78, 79, 106, 114, 115, 
117, 125, 126, 129, 132, 141, 157, 
162, 184, 185, 186, 192, 201, 204, 
206, 210, 228, 232, 234; Lucy A. 
25, 101, 118, 190; Lucy C. 135, 
221 ; Lucy K. 29, 193 ; Lucy F. 78 ; 
Lucy K. 93; Lucy M. 98, 191; 
Lucy R. 162; Lucy W. 196. 

Luke, 10, 191,; Luke L. 97. 

Luna, 210. 

Luther, 73. 

Lydia, 12, 13, 15, 18, 21, 34, 35, 38, 
40, 112, 183, 136, 142, 154, 158, 
165, 201, 203, 204, 212, 217, 225, 



227, 228, 237 ; Lydia H. 79 ; Lydia 

J. 213, Lydia T. 232. 
Lyle, 102. 
Lyman, 25, 57, 76, 185; Lyman B. 

220; Lyman M. 211; Lyman P. 

117. 



M. 



Mahela, 211 ; Mahela C. 214. 

Malvina L. 219. 

Mandana F. 234. 

Marcella L. 172. 

Marcellus H 97. 

Marcia E. 150. 

Margaret, 102, 124, 156, 157, 183; 
Margaret R. 233. 

Mark, 71; MarkW. 79. 

Marion, 98, 171. 

Maria, 80, 35, 76, 94, 106, 158, 186, 
192; Maria A. 30, 83, 103; Maria 
A. C. 93; Maria C. 98, 210; Maria 
D. 176; Maria H. 117; Maria J. 
134 ; Maria R. 240. 

Marshall, 162. 

Martin, 37. 

Martha, 18, 41, 47, 100, 115, 142, 159, 
184, 202, 207 ; Martha A. 52, 150 ; 
Martha C. 47 ; Martha E, 24, 198 \ 
M.irtha F. 195 ; Martha J. 194, 201, 
229; Martha L. 221; Martha M. 
119, 191; Martha F. 96, 216. 

Mary, 12-18, 29, 32, 34, 35, 39, 44, 52, 
74, 75, 77, 94, 100, 105, 112, 113, 
122, 123, 126, 129, 130, 135, 139, 
141, 142, 145, 146, 157, 162, 170, 
183, 188, 192, 202, 203, 207, 212, 
215, 217, 218, 223, 224, 226, 227* 
238; Mary A. 26, 29, 41, 84, 95, 

119, 158, 185, 190, 194, 213, 216, 
227; Mary A L. 83 ; Mary C. 84, 
114, 135, 176, 215; Mary D. 79; 
Mary E. 48, 49, 52, 76, 99, 103, 
109, 170, 181, 189, 194, 196, 17, 
198; Martha F. 96, 108; Mary G. 
125; Mary H. 25, 148; Mary J. 
116, 117. 136, 162, 239; Mary K. 

120, 121, 190; Mary L. 52; Mary 
M. 106; Mary P. 77, 95; Mary 
R. 108, 115, 232; Mary S. 47 , 219; 
Mary W. 220. 

Maryetta, 36. 

Marvin, 147. . 

Matilda, 183, 216; Matilda G. 220. 

May S. 193. 

Mehitable, 155. 

Meline D. 47; Meline E. 48. 

Melinda, 40. 

Melintha, 27. 



INDEX OF FLETCHERS. 



269 



Melissa, 159. 
Melita, 212. 
Melvin S. 219. 
Merab A. 176. 
Mercy, 114, 123, 126. 
Merritt, 289. 
M. Eva, 140. 
Micaijah, 230. 
Michael, 73. 

Miles, 10G ; Miles J. 74, 93. 
Minnie E. 31. 

Miriam, 40, 194; Miriam L. 219. 
Miron, 49 ; Miron E. 51. 
Moore R. 22. 
Morrill, 115. 

Moses, 112, 123, 145,235; Moses G. 
124; Moses H. 115; Moses P. 185. 
Myra, 137. 
Myrilla J. 100. 



N. 



Nathan, 21, 36, 1S'6,191, 211, 226, 

237, 238 ; Nathan A. 233 ; Nathan 

H. 232; Nathan P. 73. 
Nathaniel, 58; Nathaniel H. 185, 

213; Nathaniel k. 136; Nathaniel 

S. 190. 
Nancy, 35, 42, 75, 130, 185, 186, 192, 

209, 211, 217, 226, 230; Nancy A. 

134; Nancy C. 81; Nancy E. 30, 

96. 
Nehemiah, 112, 115, 141, 142. 
Nellie, 121, 125; Nellie A. 85; Nel- 
lie C. 164; Nellie E. 141, 233; 

Nellie M. 152, 221 ; Nellie R. 120, 

151. 
Nelson, 37, 217; Nelson P. 222. 
Newell, 94, 234. 
Newman, 106. 
Noah, 170. 
Norman, 107. 
N. Howard, 235. 



Orinda, 226. 

Orlando, 49. 

Orren J. 36 ; Orren W. 37. 

Ormond W. 36. 

Oscar H. 138 ; Oscar F. 232. 

Osias, 35. 

Othlel, 75; Othiel, A. 98. 

Ofl 44. 



Panthea, 156. 

Parker, 149, 188. 

Parmelia, 129, 136. 

Parrop, 237. 

Pascal, 115. 

Patty, 56, 57, 58, 74, 76, 112, 131, 

184, 185, 186, 205. 
Paul, 10, 13, 32, 34, 57, 111; Paul 

R. 76 
Pelatiah, 53, 57, 75, 96. 
Perkins E. 152. 
Persis, 139, 140. 
Peter, 18, 21, 39, 43, 183, 184; 

Peter E. 25; Peter W. 184. 
Phebe, 14, 127, 142, 183, 184, 210 

212 
Philena, 170; Philena E. 180. 
Philinda T. 98. 

Philip, 129 ; Philip P. 137, 139. 
Phineas, 39, 41, 55, 225, 229 ; Phi- 

neas D. 232 ; Phineas P. 188, 193. 
Polly, 34. 39-42, 57, 70, 75, 126, 131, 

142, 147, 185, 204, 209, 211, 237. 
Porter, 112; Porter K. 75. 



Quartus, 211. 
Quincy A. 212. 



Q. 



R. 



O. 



Obadiah, 126. 

Olive, 18, 107, 129, 139, 165 ; Olive 
P. 149; Olive W. 210. 

Oliver 15, 126-130, 139, 165, 183, 
184, 198, 211; Oliver F. 136; Oli- 
ver L. 125 ; Oliver M. 219 ; Oliver 
N. 35 ; Oliver R. 190. 

Omittee, 205, 213. 

Oramel, 79 ; Oramel W. 36. 

Orpha, 130, 211 ; Orpha M. 219. 

Oriel, 215. 



Rachel, 13, 33, 58, 77, 79, 111, 112, 
142; Rachel B. 229; Rachel R. 
100; Rachel S. 77. 

Ralph, 115. 

Hansford, 37. 

Ransom, 230. 

Raymond, 76; Raymond J. 99. 

Rebecca, 13-16, 32, 33, 55, 58, 72, 
74, 83, 113, 122, 123, 129, 131, 
186, 142, 145, 146, 149, 168, 183 
185, 203, 204, 205, 213, 220, 289 
Rebecca O. 95; Rebecca P. 148. 

Relief. 223. l'28 ; Relief M 188. 

Remembrance, 198. 



270 



INDEX OF ILETCHEBS. 



Reuben, 14, 141, 145 ; Reuben H. 

152. 
Rhena A. 135 ; Rhena M. 117. 
Rhoda, 40, 79, 124, 145, 186; Rho- 
da E. 81. 
Richard, 28, 168, 177, 181 ; Richard 

F. 83, 103. A 

Robert, 9, 14, 15, 39, 122, 181,' T98; 

Robert H. 124; Robert M. 48; 

Robert 0. 106 ; Robert S. 103. 
Roby, 209. 
Rodney, 218. 
Rollin, 179, 191. 
Rosa, 51, 138. 
Rosanna, 14, 213. 
Roscoe, 118. 
Rosell, 37. 

Roxana, 33, 34, 44, 77, 239. 
Royal, 78 ; Royal B. 101. 
Ruel H. 218; Ruel M. 222. 
Rufus, 39, 44, 123; Rufiis M. 35; 

Rufus R. 50, 96 ; Rufus S. 213. 
Russell H. 26. 
Ruth, 15, 21, 39, 53, 106, 129, 139, 

140, 166, 204. 226 ; Ruth A. 232 ; 

Ruth B. 25, 136, 137, 221; Ruth 

W. 22. 
Buthy R. 149. 
Ryland 16S. 



Sadoc, 184. 

Salome, 40, 83, 168. 

Sampson, 138, 141, 183, 186, 190. 

Samuel, 10-15, 21, 36, 39, 40, 58, 
74, 79, 82, 127, 128, 130, 138, 154- 
157, 183, 184, 185, 188, 203, 210, 
223, 225, 227, 228, 230; Samuel A. 
24, 159, 229; Samuel C. 214; 
Samuel E. 102, 188; Samuel G. 
145 ; Samuel H. 95, 222 ; Samuel 
J. 163 ; Samuel M. 81, 211 ; Samuel 
P. 150, Samuel S. 45 ; Samuel W. 

23, 48, 96, 99, 108, 193. 

Sarah, 12-21, 26, 32-36, 42, 53-59, 
71, 74, 76, 94, 105, 111, 112, 113, 
117, 122, 123, 126, 129, 134, 139, 
142, 145-149, 156, 158, 165, 166, 
168, 183, 184, 186, 192, 199, 203, 
204, 209, 213, 215, 217, 224-227, 
230, 236, 237, 238, 244; Sarah A. 
36, 71, 150, 192, 195, 218, 239; 
ixarah B. 22; Sarah C. 101, 221; 
Sarah E. 191, 193, 195, 220. 229, 
232; Sarah F. 96, 180, 194; Sarah 
G. 177 ; Sarah I. 30, 163 ; Sarah J. 

24, S3, 94, 95, 99, 104. 150, 233; 



Sarah M. 27, 48, 133, 162, 163; 

Sarah S. 238; Sarah P. 50, 137, 

172. 
Sebastian, 26. 
Selon, 126. 

Serenia, 169, 179, 192. 
Seth, 165, 167. 

Sewall, 71, 115, 239 ; Sewall W. 117. 
Seymour P. 83. 
Sherman, 192; Sherman D. 170; 

Sherman H. 181. 
Shuah H. 127. 

Sidney, 84, 94; Sidney M. 104. 
Silas, 209, 210, 215, 218; Silas C. 

217 ; Silas J. 219 ; Silas T. 220. 
Simeou, 32, 34, 138, 139. 
Simon, 43 ; Simon T. 186. 
Solomon, 33-37, 184; Solomon L. 

i87. 
Sophia, 39, 41, 43, 133, 155, 186; 

Sophia A. 98 ; Sophia E. 25. 
Sophronia, 43, 216, 217. 
Stedman H. 191. 
Stephen, 20, 73, 74, 100, 125, 126, 

217 ; Stephen K. 93. 
Squire, 179 ; Squire H. 155. 
Stilman, 148, 169, 179, 191 ; Stilman 

J. 180 ; Stilman T. 203. 
Stoughton, 74, 94 ; Stoughton A, 93. 
Submit, 21. 
Sumner, 148. 
Susau, 33, 35, 36, 48, 79, 114, 122, 

i23, 162, 163, 166, 205, 213, 227, 

229; Susan A. 99, 213; Susan F. 

59 ; Susan H. 197 ; Susan L. 81 ; 

Susan M. 191 ; Susan P. 115, 116 ; 

Susan R. 193. 
Susannah, 18, 19, 21, 55, 60, 111, 115, 

118, 128, 142, 209, 217, 236 ; Susan- 
nah W. 108. 
Sybil, 126 ; Sybil W. 288. 
Sylvania, 117. 
Sylvia, 159, 205. 



T. 



Tabitha, 126, 154. 
Temperance, 123. 
Thankful, 14, 126. 
Thomas, 15, 41, 46, 53, 55, 56, 58, 74, 

202, 224, 225, 236, 237, 243, 244 

Thomas C. 244 ; Thomas E. 151 

Thomas G. 25 ; Thomas L. 109 

Thomas S. 47, 147, 149. 
Timothy, 13, 15, 32, 34, 39, 41, 46, 

53, 72, 74, 107, 203, 204, 207, 213 ; 

Timothy A. 84 ; Timothy R. 83 ; 

Timothy S. 211. 



INDEX OF FLETCHEBS. 



271 



True D. 138. 
Tryphena, 208. 



Uriah, 126. 
Ursula E. 222: 



U. 



Ursula K. 219. 



Valeria A. 44. 
Varnum T. 191. 
Vilinda, 155. 
Villaua A. 140. 
Virginia, 94. 
Vryling, 185. 



W. 

Wallace C. 179. % 

Walter, 75, 76, 97 ; Walter B. 135 ; 

Walter E. 137; Walter H. 52; 

Walter J. 100. 
Warren, 34, 97 ; Warren B. 35. 
Washington, 122. 
Webster, 26. 
Welcome J. 210. 
Wesley, 218. 
Wiley, 74, Hh 



Willard, 35, 128, 130 

William, 10, 12-16, 35, 38, 39, 44, 
60, 101, 105, 112, 114, 116, 122, 
123, 126, 127, 142, 145, 147, 164, 
165, 166, 170, 179, 182, 191, 192, 
198, 209, 211, 216, 218, 222, 225, 
226, 230, 236, 237, 243; William 
A. 21, 24,83, 187, 193; William B. 
93, 221 ; William C. 51 ; William 
E. 94, 152, 194, 214, 220; Wil- 
liam F. 121, 182, 232, 2.U : Wil- 
liam H. 26, 47, 50, 81, 124, 217; 
William H. T. 222; William I. 
152; William J. 22; William K. 
102, 218; William M. 234; Wil- 
liam N. 119, 221; William 0. 109, 
231; William S. 47, 119; William 
T. 235 ; William W. 22, 37, 163-,, 
214. 

Winslow 0. 100. 

Wyle, 111. 



Zara, 38. 

Zaccheus, 126, 127. 
Zachariah, 17, 18, 19. 
Zebina. 211. 
Ziba, 230. 
Zophar, 126. 



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INDEX OF NAMES OTHEB THAN FLETCHERS,. 



INDEX 



OF NAMES OTHER THAN FLETCHERS. 



Abbott, 94, 114, 156. 

Adams, 65, 123; A. B. 135; J. 204 ; 

L. A. 234; 0.148; R. 21, 95; R. 

A. 138; S. 11, 13, 53, 213; S. P. 

82. 
Aldrich, 109. 
Allanshaw, 26. 
Alien, E. 105; G. F. 102; H. W. 

169; J 162; M. 39, 77, 219. 
Allenwood, 227. 
Allison, 52, 195. 
Alvord, 103. 
Ames, 233. 
Amsden, 169. 
Andrews, 176. 
Anthony, 51, 66. 
Appleby, 221. 
Armsbv, 156. 
Atwood, 219. 
Austin, 127. 
Avery, 26. 



B. 



Babbitt, 52. 

Bacheller, 24, 25, 158. 

Bacon, 83, 157. 

Bailey, 131, 163. 

Baker, 237. 

Baldwin, 170. 

Bale, 14. 

Balch, 59, 69, 139. 

Bancroft, 60, 61, 113, 240, 241. 

Barnard, 23. 

Barnes A. 27; B. 227; R. C. 116; T. 

17, 141. 
Barney, 233. 
Barnum, 220. 
Barrett, 142. 
Barron, 63. 
Barry, 62, 101, 190. 
Bartlett, 226. 
Barton, 61. 



Bastian, 81. 

Bates, 63; L. 11; R. 229; Z. 73. 

Bateman, 10, 75. 

Beals, 44. 

Bedlow, 226. 

Bell, 242, 243. 

Bellows, 148. 

Beman, 34. 

Benedict, ]#7. 

Benham, 42. 

Bennett, 240. 

Benton, 77. 

Benson, 118. 

Besom, 139. 

Bicknell, 109, 232. 

Bigelow, 31, 44, 197. 

Bingham, 38. 

Birge, 160. 

Bisbee, 100. 

Blaisdell, 192. 

Blair, 156. 

Blanchard, 187; A. 70, 216, 241; C. 

180; J. 241; S. 122. 
Bliss, 73. 

Blodgett, 126, 241. 
Blood, E. 142 ; E. N. H. 194 ; H. P. 

151; J. 10; O. 185; P. 151. 
Boardman, 23. 
Bodwell, 228. 
Bonner, 59. 
Bosworth, 30. 
Bowers, 28, 116, 119, 186. 
Bowen, 209. 
Bowtell, 119. 
Boynton, M. 60, 239. 
Bradley, 80. 
Brace, 206. 
Bradbury, 65, 69, 70. 
Bracket, 209, 210. 
Brazer, 189. 
Brewer, 203. 
Briggs, 23. 
Brooks, C. E. 160; C. G. 152; C. M. 

109; E. T. 109; F. 76; G. 71; J. 



INDEX OF NAMES OTHER THAN FLETCHERS. 



273 



Brown, 46; A. 136; E. 151; E. L. 

81; H. 135; M. 170; M. L. 206; 

R. 240; S. 20, 151; S. C. 67; W. 

H. 107. 
Bryant, 137. 
Bullard, 223. 
Bundy, 40. 
Buck, 60. 
Burbank, 40. 
Burchard, 177. 
Burge, 71. 
Burgess, 227. 
Burr, 57. 
Burrows, 226. 
Burton, 137. 
/-Butterfield, 118; E. A. 137; J. 61; 

L. 124; M. 123, 128; N. 14; R. 

133 ; R. J. 99. 
Butler, 30, 85, 140. 
Button, 74. 
Buttrick, 133. 
Butz, 28. 



C. 



Cady, 125. 

Caleb, 73. 

Calder, 209. 

Calkins, 62. 

Caldwell, 98, 65. 

Campbell, 41. 

Canfleld, 104. 

Carley, 35. 

Carlin, 50. 

Carlton, 62, 191, 214. 

Carney 46. 

Carnahan, 105. 

Carter, E. 201; L. 150; M. 150; S. 

A. 137. 
Carpenter, 63. 
Carver, 20, 56. 
Caryl, 134. 

Chapin, 157, 158, 162. 
Chambers, 67. 
Chamberlin, 139 ; A. J. 182 ; J. 130 ; 

M. 99 ; M. A. 109 ; R. 72. 
Chandler, 62 ; E. M. 97 ; H. 60 ; L. 

136; S. 141. 
Chadwick, 82. 
Chapman, 10. 
Charles, 110. 
Chase, 158, 241. 
Clapp, 31. 
Clark, 44, 45, 61, 96, 216, 134, 153; 

D. 98 ; H. A. 97 ; P. A. 235. 
Clay, 171. 
Cheney, 22, 79. 
Cline, 121. 

35 



Clough, 22. 

Coburn, 184, 242; L. R. 101 ; R. 118; 

S. 126. 
Coe, 159, 179. 
Colby, 29. 
Colcord, 22, 150. 
Cole, 103, 192. 
Coman, 66. 

Comings, 208, 214, 215. 
Conant, 19, 123. 
Cooley, 85. 
Coolidge, 108. 
Cooper, 96. 
Copp, 29. 
Copeland, 239. 
Corey, 188, 193; A. 114; H. 18; M. 

59; R. 126. 
Corneau, 41. 
Cornwell, 124. 
Cotton, 14. 
Crane, 66, 234. 
Cram, 227. 
Crego, 59. 
Crombie, 228. 
Crosby, 164. 
Cummings, 58, 166, 241 ; A. 29 ; M. 

70; M. J. 23; N. 71; S. G. 29. 
Cunningham, 47. 
Currier, 135, 196. 
Curtis, 136, 216. 
Cushman, 36. 
Cutler, 154. 
Cutter, 59, 122, 123. 
Cutting, 131. 



D. 



Daily, 78. 

Darling, 170. 

Dana, 52. 

Danforth, 68. 

Davenport, 204. 

Davis, 75, 208, 216, 217, 227; L. A. 

214; M. 79, 138; S. 65, 146; T. 

146 ; T. W. 132. 
Davison, 163. 
Dawson, 52. 
Day, A. R. 49 ; D. 149 ; E. 149 ; G. 

T. 181 ; O. A. 48. 
Dayton, 42, 43, 67. 
Degrasse, 47. 
Deland, 197. 
Delong, 134. 
Derbv, 230. 
Devall, 239. 
Dewey, 170. 
Dickerson, 57. 
Dickerman, 210. 



274 INDEX OF NAMES OTHER THAN FLETCHERS. 



Dickinson, 162. 
Dinsmore, 94. 
Dix, 184. 
Dodge, 31. 
Dole, 228. 
Dow, 140, 242. 
Drake, 119, 240. 
Draper, 156. 
Drury, 155. 
Dudley, 156, 14, 15. 
Dumont, 59. 
Dummiego, 47. 
Dunbar, 83. 
Dunham, 101. 
Dunshee, 40. 
Durkee, 170. 
Dustin, 120. 
Dutton, 171, 226. 



E. 



Eames, 25, 152. 

Eastman, 131, 132, 242; C. J. 120; 

J. 70 ; J. F. 241 ; M. 48 ; K. S. 59. 
Eaton, 64, 70, 71, 131, 136. 
Edes, 75. 
Eddy, 73. 
Edmonds, 10. 
Edwards, 117, 189. 
Eels, 83. 
Emerson, 50-71 ; E. 134 ; P. 20 ; R. 

79. 
Emery, 150. 
Elliot, 80. 
Endicot, 158. 
Esterbrook, 179. 
Estes, 115. 



Eleming, 178. 

Fogg, 150. 

Eosdick, 41, 129. 

Eoss, 81. 

Foster, 22, 140, 204, 208. 

Frederic, 98. 

Freeman, 29, 171, 219. 

French, 210. 

Frost, 232, 237. 

Frothingham, 64. 

Fuller, 188. 



Gale, 23, 25, 110. 

Gage, 59. 

Gavey, 79. 

Gates, 76. 

Gay, 60. 

Getchel, 107. 

Getty, 30. 

Gibson, 189. 

Gilbert, 79. 

Gilmore, 45. 

Goldthwaite, 157, 158. 

Goodhue, 57, 58, 74. 

Goodwin, 116. 

Gordon, 115, 123. 

Gould M. 29, 137 ; J. 139 ; R. 166 ; 

S. 23, 98, 135. 
Graves, 149. 
Gray, 129. 
Grogg, 49, 229. 
Gregory, 28. 
Green C. 84 ; G. 192 ; H. A. 101 ; I. 

227 ; S. 192. 
Griffin, 10. 
Griggs, 211. 
Gurley, 110. 



Fairchild, 160. 

Farley, 60, 71 ; L. F. 80 ; S. G. 241, 

Farnsworth, 194. 

Farrar, 58. 

Farrington, 104. 

Farwell, 60 ; J. 61 ; S. T. 63 ; M. E, 

152. 
Fell, 67. 

Fellows, 77, 137. 
Felt, 216. 
Fenno, 190. 
Ferris, 103. 
Field, 199. 
Finch, 48. 

Fisk H. 227; J. 12; L. 50; S 58» 
Flagg, 162. 
Flanders, 147. 



H. 



Hadley, 130. 
Hailston, 12. 
Hale, 17, 97. 
Hall, 64, 67; E. 154; H. S. 196; J. 

107,228; J. B. 78 ; N. 217; S. 48 ; 

W. 55 57. 
Halliday, 156, 240. 
Hamilton, 23, 31. 
Hamlin, 96. 
Hammon, 239. 
Hapgood, 107, 131. 
Hardy J. 123 ; J. D. 135 ; M. J. 59 ; 

N. 71. 
Harlow, 213. 
Harper, 50, 139, 240. 



INDEX OF NAMES OTHER THAN FLETCHERS. 



275 



Harris, 118, 188. 

Harrington, 180, 210. 

Hartwell C. M. 196 ; J. M. 197 ; S. 

13, 192. 
Harwood, 98. 
Haskell, 99. 
Hastings, 60, 226. 
Hatch, 176. 
Hathaway, 136. 
Haven, 68. 
Hawley, 68, 162. 
Havward, 69. 
Haseltine, 154; H. E. 197; H. P. 

124; J. 155; R. 64. 
Heal, 214, 220. 
Heald, 135, 236. 
Hemberstone, 222. 
Hemmenway, 148, 149. 
Henry, 157. 
Henshaw, 169. 
Herrick, 55. 
Hersey, 75. 

Heywood, 74, 95, 97, 190. 
Hicks, 98. 
Hier, 195. 
Hildreth, 56, 60, 115, 129; A. 131, 

184; E. 134; F. 107; J. 97; L. 

114; P. 210. 
Hill, 62. 228, 229 ; A. 181 ; J. D. 194 ; 

L. J. 235 ; M. A. 97 ; M. F. 197. 
Hilliard, 219. 
Hilton, 107. 
Hines, 106. 
Hoar, 225. 
Hoffman, 209. 
Holden, 44, 192. 
Hollis, 100. 
Holmes, 101, 186, 240. 
Holt, 79, 127. 
Holton, 197. 
Hood, 124. 
Horn, 192. 
Horton, 140. 
Hough, 84, 194. 
Houghton, 42. 
Houston, 139. 
Howard, 62, 189; H. 76; J. 113; O. 

192. 
Howe, 43. 
Hollingshead, 217. 
Hoyt, 59. 
Hubbard, A. 223 ; B. G. 124 ; L. 209 ; 

O. L. 213. 
Hulett, 35. 

Humphrey, 69, 119, 189. 
Hunking, 28. 

Hunt H. 12, 77; O. J. 30; W. 10. 
Hunter, 107. 
Huntington, 44. 



Hush, 22. 
Hutchings, 136. 
Hyde, 52, 217. 



Ide, 199. 
Ingalls, 176, 234. 
Irish, 226. 



Jackman, 47. 

Jackson, 213. 

Jacquith, 217. 

Jacobs, 37. 

James, 48. 

Jenkins, 35. 

Jenks, 27. 

Jewell, 13. 

Jewett B. 13; J. 184; P. 74; S. 

64. 
Johnson, 229; G. H. 176; J. 215; S. 

157. 
Jordan, 233. 
Jones, 78, 132, 133; C. 212; F. 177: 

H. 201 ; LI 76, 185 ; M. 69 ; N. S. 

198 ; P. 119. 
Joy, 58. 
Judd, 147. 
Justice, 47. 



K. 



Keep, 188. 

Keen, 212. 

Keith, 229. 

Kellogg, 160, 231. 

Kelly, 81, 

Kemp, 237. 

Kempton, 43. 

Kendall, 158, 159 ; A. 199 ; C. 129 ; 

E. 65 ; R. 79. 
Kendrick, 69, 102, 
Kennedy, 67. 
Kenney, 199. 

Kent, 27, 80. A 

Keyes, 75, 132; B. 56; J. 128; L. 

73; M. 185; P. 74; S. M. 107. 
Kilborn, 42. 
Kimball, 190, 191, 195. 
Kinsman, 150. 
Kingsbury, 42. 
Knapp, 194. 
Knight, 184, 226. 
Knowlton, 235. 
Knox, 230. 



276 



INDEX OF NAMES OTHEB THAN FLETCHERS. 





L. 


Merriam, 206. 
Merriman, 235. 


Ladd, 28, 135. 




Merrill, 71, 81, 141. 


Laclue, 52. 




Messenger, 30. 


Lake, 35, 157. 




Metcalf, 107, 135, 211. 


Lakens, 47. 




Middlebrook, 10. 


Lancaster, 233. 




Miles, 95. 


Landers, 184. 




Miller E. 227; F. H. 35; J. 74, 216; 


Lane, 101. 




S. A. G. 104. 


Larry, 194. 




Milligan, 42, 78. 


Lathe, 48. 




Milsnaw, 221. 


Lawrence A. 41. 


, 188; D. 187; I. Minor, 67. 


188 ; L. 97 ; M, 


. 183. 


Minot, 27, 189. 


Lee, 44. 




Misser, 30. 


Leighton, 97. 




Mitchell, 47. 


Leland, 154, 156. 




Moody, 65, 226. 


Lewis, 185, 187, : 


199. 


Moore, 180; 0.31; C. P. 240; & 


Little, 215. 




M. 27; I. 159; J. 58 ; H. B 61; 


Long, 244. 




T. 131. 


Lord, 73, 83. 




Morgan, 26, 221, 


Lovell, 25. 




Morley, 159. 


Lovejoy, 70, 196. 




Morrill, 222. 


Loverin, 230. 




Morris, 46. 


Lovett, 41. 




Morse, 189, 193. 


Low, 95. 




Murdock, 157. 


Lowry, 139, 239. 




Muzzey, 229. 


Luther, 164. 






Lyman, 95. 






Lyford, 98, 136. 




N. 


Lyon, 239. 







M. 

Mcintosh, 199. 

McKean, 119. 

McKelvey, 162. 

McKenney, 207, 203. 

McLane, 60. 

McLellan, 160. 

McMillan, 43. 

McNiff, 70. 

McQueston, 121. 

Maddox T. H. 171. 

MUgee, 123. 

Mager, 29. 

Mahan, 59. 

Manning, 207. 

Marsh, 159. 

Martin, 29, 37, 119, 226. 

Mason, 108. 

Mastic, 134. 

Maxwell, 162. 

May, 220; D. 118; H. 176: M. A. 

177. 
Mayhew, 59. 
Maynard, 169, 170, 221. 
Mellen, 233. 
Mendon, 236. 



Neef, 147. 
Newkirk, 27. 
Newton, 219. 
Nichols, 75, 83, 156, 196. 
Niles, 151. 
Noble, 150. 
Norcross, 166. 
North, 68. 
Norton, 120, 231. 
Nourse, 69, 115. 
Nutting, 137. 



O. 

Olcott, 29. 
Ordway, 139. 
Osborn, 149. 
Osgood, 74, 81, 95. 
Our, 109. 



P. 



Paige, 72. 

Palmer, 102, 123. 

Park, 239. 

Parker, 12, 17, 56, 73, 143, 165 ; A. 

62 ; B. 185 ; C. 20 ; E. 112 ; J. 19 ; 

K. 188; S. 53, 224, 226. 



INDEX OF NAMES OTHEB THAN FLETCHEBS. 



211 



Parkhurst, 74, 129, 226. 

Parlin, 100. 

Parmely, 48. 

Parmenter, 38. 

Parrish, 206. 

Partridge, 61. 

Patch, 32, 142, 184. 

Pattee, 121. 

Patterson, 71, 107. 

Pease, 230, 231, 170. 

Peabody, 27. 

Pearson, 52. 

Peck, 171. 

Peckham, 182. 

Peekens, 113. 

Perham, 130, 141, 240. 

Perkins, 37. 

Perry, 33, 139, 159. 

Peirce, 63. 

Pettengill, 244. 

Peverly, 234. 

Phelps, 39, 50. 

Philbrook, 233. 

Phillips, 239. 

Picard, 151. 

Pierce, 45, 123, 198; H. C. 65; J. 

19; R. 132; S. 14. 
Pike, 123. 
Pillsbury, 23, 24. 
Piper, 42. 
Plumley, 40. 
Plummer, 196. 
Pond, 30. 
Pool, 59, 65. 
Poor, 103. 
Pope, 77, 96. 
Porter, 49, 113, 155. 
Potwin, 83. 

Pratt, 148, 155 ; E. 230 ; W. 157. 
Prescott, 19 ; A. 57 ; E. 186, 230 ; O. 

53, 60; R. 33. 
Priest, 191. 
Proctor, 56, 114, 132; E. 14; J. 73; 

R. 171; T. 59. 
Puffer, 134. 
Pulsifer, 21, 114. 
Putnam, 140, 180. 
Putney, 24. 



R. 

Radford, 179. 
Rankin, 206, 207, 208. 
Ranney, 176. 
Ratciiffe, 123. 
Raynesford, 30. 
Raymond, 57, 77, 186. 
Redfleld, 73. 



Reed, 20, 70, 217; A. 61, 241; E. 

19, 197; J. 53; N. 96. 
Reenes, 222. 
Remington, 1G5. 
Kendall, 208. 
Renick, 102. 
Reynolds, 59. 
Rice, 64. 

Richards, 60, 207. 
Richardson, 55, 60, 62, 96, 99, 166, 

241; C. 65; O. 75; M. 114; S. 14, 

190; S. A. 240. 
Richmond, 153. 
Ritter, 234. 
Robbins, 20; A. 178; B. 101; E. 

154; J. 19, 75; L. 212; L. J. 45. 
Robinson, 139; C. P. 163 ; J. 100; 

M. 59, 239; S. 20. 
Roby, 216, 241. 
Rockwood, 57. 
Rogers D. 211; G. H. 240; J. H. 

28 ; L. 22. 
Rovve, 52. 
Ruckmau, 194. 
Ruggles, 27. 
Runells, 60. 
Russell, 213. 
Ryer, 103. 
Ryerson, 118. 



S. 



Safford, 193. 

Saloan, 101. 

Sampson, 100. 

Sanders, 199, 153, 156. 

Sargeant, 184. 

Savage, 107. 

Sawtell, 36. 

Sawyer, 43. 

Scoville, 230. 

S earls, 129. 

Seaver, 199. 

Seagraves, 34. 

Sequard, 82. 

Severance, 152, 228. 

Shedd, 114. 

Shaw, 210; E. 117 ; M. 124; P. 115. 

Shattuck, T. 205, 212 ; W. 77. 

Shepard, 229. 

Sherman, 116. 

Sherwin, 83. 

Shumway, 199. 

Simms, 50. 

Simmons, 140. 

Sinclair, 234. 

Sisson, 240. 

Skinner, 190. 



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INDEX OF NAME 8 OTHER THAN FLETCHERS. 



Slater, 78. 

Slack, 145. 

Sleeper, 26. 

Sloan, 71. 

Small, 115. 

Smead, 43. 

Smedley, 10. 

Smith, 65; A. 75; D. 50; E. 64; J. 

60; M. T. 23; N. J. 78; P. 25, 

225; K. A. 222; S. 215, 220; S. 

A. 52. 
Spaulding, 119, 129; A. 113; B. 53; 

E. 205; E. H. 118; H. 142, 148; 

J. 145; 0. 116; P. 114; S. 133, 

215 ; W. J. 60. 
Spencer, 78. 
Spicer, 219. 
Sprague, 149, 152. 
Spooner, 83. 
Spring, 157. 
Stevens A. 96; E. 227; G. W. 180; 

J. 130 ; L. 33. 
Stetson, 212. 

Stearns, 63, 205 ; J. 33 ; K. 118. 
Stewart, 213, 233. 
Stickney, 135. 
Stiles, 134. 
Stimson, 100. 
Stratton, 12. 
Streeter, 116. 
Strong, 240. 
Stoddard, 30. 
Stone A. 80; C. 22; J. 189; S. 34, 

236 ; S. J. 108 ; W. H. 43. 
Storer, 187. 
Stow, 11, 160. 
Stowell, 169. 
Stowers, 235. 
Sumner, 155. 
Sutherland, 217. 
Swallow, 77. 
Sweetser, 136. 
Sykes, 70. 
Symmes, 55, 148. 



Talcott, 69. 

Taft, 150. 

Tarbell, 20, 56, 140. 

Taylor, 24, 215 ; H. C. 62 ; L. 58 ; 

M. 220; M. E. 217; S. K. 103. 
Trask, 84, 118. 
Tebbets, 109. 
Tenney, 186. 
Terwillager, 41. 
Tew A. H. 162. 
Templeton T. 226. 



Thayer, 178. 
Thomas, 227. 
Thompson, 142, 232. 
Thorndike, 168, 214. 
Thurston, 164. 
Tobey, 156. 
Todd, 76, 224, 240. 
Tooke, 179. 
Toplin, 121. 
Tower, 94, 109. 
Towne, 62, 240. 
Towns, 140. 
Townsend, 17, 44. 
Trull, 128. 
Tufts, 75. 
Turner, 102, 216. 
Turrell, 132. 
Tuttle, 27, 186. 



U. 

Underwood, 53, 157. 



Vanderwerken, 101. 
Van Voorhies, 37. 
Virgin, 24. 
Vosburgh, 95. 
Vose, 68. 



W. 



Wakefield, 210. 

Wales, 211. 

Walker, 130 ; C. 177 ; E. 19 ; L. J. 

108; R. 124; S. S. 77. 
Waite, 195. 
Ward, 115. 
Warren, 46, 134. 
Wartmant, 215. 
Warfield, 65. 
Waters, 176. 
Watson, 194, 214. 
Webber, 188. 

Webster, 81, 82; B. 22; C. C. 24. 
Wells A. 221. 
Wesolowski, 83. 
West, 98. 

Weston, 148, 217; F. 36. 
Wetherbee, 76, 192 ; A. 184 ; S. B. 

59. 
Wheat, 62. 
Wheeler, 10,186; E. 12, 15; J. 202; 

M. 142; S. 171, 214; T. 216. 
Whipple, 44. 



INDEX OF NAMES OTHER THAN FLETCHERS. 



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White A. 19 ; C. S. 82 ; E. 159 ; J. 

81; L. 205; S. 46. 
Whitcomb, 192, 205, 232. 
Whitin, 156. 
Whiting, 119. 
Whitmore, 215. 
Whitney, 43, 108, 188 ; J. 71 ; M. A. 

198. 
Whittaker, 159. 
Wight, 26. 
Willard, 34, 125, 204. 
Williams, 84; A. A. 121 ; E. 157; L. 

B. 221; K. 74. 
Williston, 61. 
Wilmarth, 46, 222. 
Willy, 13. 
Wilson, 68, 232. 
Winship, 228. 



Wood L. 169, 184, 191; M. 16, 73, 

155 ; W. 10, 42. 
Woods, 193, 185. 
Woodbury, 77. 
Woodin, 78. 
Woodward, 74, 220. 
Worcester, 198. 
Wright, 19, 106, 130; 133; C. E. 

59 ; I. 186 ; J. 239 ; W. 60. 
Wyman, 123, 221, 222. 



Yandes, 85. 

York, 99. 

Young, 207, 231, 244. 



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